A light open wooden-framed boat covered with animal skin, used primarily by the Inuit to convey people and goods and traditionally rowed by women; an umiak.
Origin
Mid 18th century.
Definition of women's boat in US English:
women's boat
noun
A light open wooden-framed boat covered with animal skin, used primarily by the Inuit to convey people and goods and traditionally rowed by women; an umiak.