war-canoe

“Is it not time for the Rajah war-canoe to go to the clearing?”

Almayer's Folly 2006

There, headed by the Lakeman, all but five or six of the foremastmen deliberately deserted among the palms; eventually, as it turned out, seizing a large double war-canoe of the savages, and setting sail for some other harbor.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

They say a man, or a god, or some great spirit, was fishing in his war-canoe, and pulled up a large fish, which instantly turned into an island; and a lizard came upon that, and brought up a man out of the water by his long hair; and he was the father of all the New Zealanders.

A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Augustus Earle

In the white man's mind was a new plan, awakened by sight of the war-canoe.

The Beasts of Tarzan 1914

Just beyond the ridge he came within sight of the fleeing black, making with headlong leaps for a long war-canoe that was drawn well up upon the beach above the high tide surf.

The Beasts of Tarzan 1914

As the last notes died away in a long-drawn, fearsome wail, a score of painted warriors, drawing their long war-canoe upon the beach, halted to stare in the direction of the jungle and to listen.

The Beasts of Tarzan 1914

As the last notes died away in a long-drawn, fearsome wail, a score of painted warriors, drawing their long war-canoe upon the beach, halted to stare in the direction of the jungle and to listen.

Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

In the white man's mind was a new plan, awakened by sight of the war-canoe.

Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

The war-canoe with its savage load moved slowly toward the break in the reef through which it must pass to gain the open sea.

Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

Just beyond the ridge he came within sight of the fleeing black, making with headlong leaps for a long war-canoe that was drawn well up upon the beach above the high tide surf.

Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912