Skiff (noun)
sk-if
A light rowing boat or sculling boat, typically for one person.
Late 15th century from French esquif, from Italian schifo, of Germanic origin; related to ship.
(Scots) A flurry or light covering of snow.
Early 18th century (as verb meaning ‘to move lightly and quickly’): perhaps an alteration of earlier skift, or from scuff.
Example sentences
“Having built the skiff, they took to the water.”
“Nothing but a skiff of snow on the rooftops.”
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