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
A good coxswainless four-oared crew represents skill and watermanship, as distinguished from mere brute strength, in their highest development.
From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers
And as for the tugboat-skipper, he sat and watched his companion, and resolved that, after all, there were a few things he did not know about watermanship.
From Dan Merrithew by McFall, J. V.
Even more perfect was it, by reason of its gravelly bottom, for another form of watermanship.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
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