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

Lillian Kuehl, 35, lives part time aboard her sailboat in Elliott Bay Marina and rows to work at Miller & Miller Boatyard in Salmon Bay aboard Amarillo, her 18-foot sliding seat rowboat.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2021

The adjustable-angle wheel and sliding seat leave plenty of room for the helmsman who wants to stand occasionally.

From Time Magazine Archive

But I prefer to leave the general subject of combined rowing, whether in eights or fours, to a later chapter, while I attempt to explain the mysteries and difficulties of the sliding seat.

From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers

“Dead!” screamed Maggie, jumping up from her sliding seat on the corn.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Sliding on the seat had been practised long before the sliding seat was invented, but only to a modified extent.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.