oars

[ awrz, ohrz ]

interjection

, Nautical.

1. (used as a command to the crew of a scull or other similar boat to cease rowing and hold the oars horizontal with blades feathered.)

Example Sentences

The turbulent waters caused one of his oars to crack, which—without a motor or a sail—can be severely detrimental to his voyage.

From The Daily Beast

Near the banks, the water is shallow and her palm frond oars propel her.

From The Daily Beast

It is clear to you that she intends to use the staves as oars.

From The Daily Beast

Knife and fork push against one another rhythmically on the plate, like oars on a boat.

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We steadied the boat with the oars, and I thought we were doing real good.

From The Daily Beast

They were provided with sails and twelve oars each, and a falconet, or small brass cannon.

From Project Gutenberg

About the same time it was discovered that the boats had neither oars, nor rudders, nor supplies of food.

From Project Gutenberg

The boatmen sang in deep and almost tragic voices as they plied the enormous oars.

From Project Gutenberg

The six men pulled with a long stroke, their oars dipping along the surface of the sea as they feathered them.

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When they did at length break silence, it was in short interjectional remarks, as they resumed the oars.

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