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pair-oar
[pair-awr, -ohr]
noun
a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.
pair-oar
noun
Also called: pair.rowing a racing shell in which two oarsmen sit one behind the other and pull one oar each Compare double scull
Other 51Թ Forms
- pair-oared adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pair-oar1
Example Sentences
Pair-oar races were established at Oxford in 1839.
Sculling and pair-oar practice tend to teach watermanship.
A pair-oar requires more practice to bring it to perfection than any other boat manned by oars, but a sculler requires considerably more practice than any pair of oarsmen.
In pair-oar rowing there is needed a je-ne-sais-quoi sort of mutual concession of style.
More than one master of oarsmanship has declared that good pair-oar rowing is the acme of oarsmanship.
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