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.
had sculled
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past perfectof scull.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"Where's the Fidelity lying?" enquired the sub, after the youngster had sculled the heavy boat for nearly two hundred yards.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
But I had sculled through the narrows of the passage before he could reach it.
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He had sculled the old white-haired minister into a rock with delight to no one but Adam Craig, who had spent a whole evening cackling about it.
From Kenny by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens
