definitions

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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Nearby words

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

Origin of sliding seat

First recorded in 1870–75
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Examples from the Web for sliding seat

  • They then launch a sliding-seat Eight and practise for the Class races at the beginning of May.

    Rowing|Rudolf Chambers Lehmann

  • It is often remarked that the ‘times’ performed by sliding-seat crews are not glaringly superior to those of fixed-seat annals.

    Boating|W. B. Woodgate

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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