pair-oar

American

[pair-awr, -ohr] / ˈpɛərˌɔr, -ˌoʊr /

noun

a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.

pair-oar British

noun

Also called: pair. rowing a racing shell in which two oarsmen sit one behind the other and pull one oar each Compare double scull

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Other Word Forms

pair-oared adjective

Etymology

Origin of pair-oar

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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Pair-oar races were established at Oxford in 1839.

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Sculling and pair-oar practice tend to teach watermanship.

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More than one master of oarsmanship has declared that good pair-oar rowing is the acme of oarsmanship.

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In pair-oar rowing there is needed a je-ne-sais-quoi sort of mutual concession of style.

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Except a sculling boat, a pair-oar is the fastest starting of all craft; but if it is thus easy to set in motion at the outset of a race, it is plain that it can be spurted later on as suddenly.

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