bow oar

Historical Examples of bow oar

• Turning to him who pulled the bow-oar: "Stop pullin' a bit, Tom," said he, "stop pullin'."

  The Von Toodleburgs

  F. Colburn Adams

• Amos pulled the bow-oar, and behind him was the tub with the line coiled away, and the harpoon bent on to it.

  The World of Ice

  Robert Michael Ballantyne

• And what a mighty cheer rang out when she drew closer, and the man at the bow-oar stood up and cried, “Thank God, all saved!”

  The Thorogood Family

  R.M. Ballantyne

• As it drew near, the figure of the man pulling the bow-oar seemed oddly familiar to me.

  The Story of a Bad Boy

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

• Toffy rowed the bow-oar now, and Purvis, who knew every turn of the river, took the tiller-ropes.

  Peter and Jane

  S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan