Definition of "boat-race" [boat-race]

• Participate in a boat race (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The climax is an act of self-immolation during the boat-race, and a storm signalled "by a loud and prolonged thunderclap.""
• "During the boat-race, a gentleman pulling in a canoe, and smoking a narghilly, had attracted no ordinary attention."
• "Ethelberta came indoors one day from the University boat-race, and sat down, without speaking, beside Picotee, as if lost in thought."