had been sculling

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of scull.
  scull

  noun

  an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.

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