sliding seat

American  

noun

1. 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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sliding seat British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sliding seat

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

These athletes are not able to utilise a sliding seat when rowing.

From BBC

By the halfway mark, the oarsmen in their sliding seats were sloshing back and forth in several inches of it.

From Literature

Take, for instance, the case of a certain oarsman who found the dinner forms rather too rigid after his first day on sliding seats.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the introduction of sliding seats necessarily adds to the expense of making them, competition seems to have brought down the prices somewhat.

From Project Gutenberg

Next term is given up to the May races, which are rowed in light ships, i.e. keel-less ships with sliding seats.

From Project Gutenberg