pair-oar

[ pair-awr, -ohr ]

noun
  1. a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.

Origin of pair-oar

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Other words from pair-oar

  • pair-oared, adjective

Words Nearby pair-oar

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How to use pair-oar in a sentence

  • More than one master of oarsmanship has declared that good pair-oar rowing is the acme of oarsmanship.

    Boating | W. B. Woodgate
  • In a pair-oar, if either of the hands is a bad waterman, the combination will never rise above mediocrity.

    Boating | W. B. Woodgate
  • In pair-oar rowing there is needed a je-ne-sais-quoi sort of mutual concession of style.

    Boating | W. B. Woodgate
  • There are challenge prizes for the house fours and for the sculling and pulling, as the pair-oar outrigger race is called.

    Boating | W. B. Woodgate
  • That evening he went out with a man in a pair oar, and was rowed to a standstill.

    A Diversity of Creatures | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for pair-oar

pair-oar

noun
  1. rowing a racing shell in which two oarsmen sit one behind the other and pull one oar each: Also called: pair Compare double scull

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