sliding seat

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noun

a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.

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Origin of sliding seat

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby sliding seat

sliding flap, sliding friction, sliding hernia, sliding rule, sliding scale, sliding seat, sliding vector, slier, sliest, slieve, Slieve Donard

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How to use sliding seat in a sentence

They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
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On the Democratic side, many expect former Rep. Mike McMahon to make another run at the seat.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Interestingly, if Grimm is expelled, he is not legally prohibited from running in the special election for his seat.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This means every Senate seat will be Republican, and 80 percent of the House seats will be, too.
Dems, It’s Time to Dump Dixie|Michael Tomasky|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Sliding around beneath the surface of Los Angeles is something dark, primordial, and without form.
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aristide replaced the baby, and with a complicated arrangement of string fastened it securely to the seat.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Aristide clambered back to his seat, took the child on his knees, and commiserated it profoundly.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
He deposited it on the vacant seat, clambered up behind the wheel, and started.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
De Castellor was now in his seat; and when Castanos came off; the Duke was stunned into stupor, overcome by the illimitable ruin.
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British Dictionary definitions for sliding seat

sliding seat

noun

rowing a seat that slides forwards and backwards with the oarsman, lengthening his stroke

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