oarsman
noun
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
oarsmanship
-
a word derived from
oarsman.
Example Sentences
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For months, 2,180 cadets and officers of the Thai navy had worked strenuously to perfect their oarsmanship.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the spectacle, in earlier days of the slide, of this unorthodox sliding style beating good specimens of fixed-seat oarsmanship which so horrified many of the retired good oarsmen of the fixed-seat school.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
Let no one, therefore, be repelled from oarsmanship because he thinks that the sport will last him through only a few years of his life.
From Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann
The London waterman is the oldest type of professional oarsmanship.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
When sliding seats were first used they completely revolutionised oarsmanship, and caused old coaches whose names were household words to stand aghast at the invention.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
