double paddle
Americannoun
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Though the waves dash over him, scarcely a drop enters the craft as he skims along with his double paddle among cakes of floating ice.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth
A double paddle was fashioned from a board 1 inch thick, 6 inches wide and 6 feet long.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
Over two hundred years ago he made for himself a pair of light wooden paddles, with blades at either end, somewhat similar in shape to the double paddle of a canoe.
From The Mastery of the Air by Claxton, William J.
The double paddle has a hickory pole, 7 ft. long and 2 in. in diameter, for its center part.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
The model shown in the figure is covered with oiled canvas, and is provided with a double paddle and a small sail.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
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