skiff• The police could not know whether they were looking for a skiff, a punt, or a cabincruiser.• We had sailed up the brown Tambopata forty kilometressouth from Puerto Maldonaldo in a skiff that barely cleared the water.• A skiff idling up beside a Sea and ShoreDepartment cutter.• She walked away, around the house to the jetty where her skiffbobbed on its painter, puddled with rain.• A single unwisemaneuver would have sent Robinson and his skiffplunging over the precipice.• Guests who still wanted to explore the lagoons and sea-flats could use Wavebreaker's skiff.• Clayt stepped over to the side and peered down into the skiff.
Originskiff
(1400-1500)Old Frenchesquif, from Old Italianschifo