watermanship
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Origin of watermanship
Example Sentences
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So the people of the Aire valley crossed it with the Otter Hound, making it keen-scented and giving it better watermanship.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would simply come down to watermanship, and guts.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
To learn each other’s strength and to know the course, to know by heart when to lay on for this corner, or to row off for that, was the study of practice and tested watermanship.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
It is evident that watermanship of a very high order is needed for this feat.
From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers
Yet in one sense it pertains to coaching, because a mentor takes into calculation the capacity of an oarsman for exercising watermanship when making a selection of a crew.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
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