bow oar

[ bou ]

Origin of bow oar

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby bow oar

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How to use bow oar in a sentence

  • In the hope of helping matters, he swung the bow oar a number of times, so as to turn the head out in the stream.

    The Phantom of the River | Edward S. Ellis
  • There was an eight-oared boat rowed by a crew of the young ladies, of which Miss Euthymia was the captain and pulled the bow oar.

    A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Vernon took the helm, young Tempest the bow oar, and a tough old salt the oar next him.

  • Then I saw Jim at the steering oar and Tom laboring at the bow oar, and it all came over me.

  • Dan now took the bow oar, and they rowed until a light breeze sprang up.

    With Lee in Virginia | G. A. Henty