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yulo|ˈjuːləʊ|
Also yuloh, yulow, etc.
[Prob. ad. Chinese (Cantonese) iū-lŏ to scull a boat, f. iū to shake + lŏ oar.]
A Chinese sculling oar (see quot. 1899). So also as v. intr. to scull a boat with such an oar. Hence ˈyulohing vbl. n.
1878H. A. Giles Gloss. Reference 170 Yuloh, to, to scull a boat with an oar at the stern. From the Shanghai pronunciation of..yao to work..lu an oar. 1888A. J. Little Through Yang-tse Gorges 320 In addition to these, two lateral yuloes (sculls worked by a screw motion),..were attached to the sides. 1899I. L. Bishop Yangtze Valley & Beyond xiii. 145 Others are toiling at yu-lows, big broad-bladed sculls, worked over the stern or parallel to the junk's side. 1905N. & Q. 22 Apr. 305/1 The yuloh is the single oar used over the stern for the propulsion of sampans and barges, after the manner sometimes called sculling in England. To yuloh is to row a boat in that fashion. The meaning is literally ‘push and pull wood’. 1911J. D. Ball Chinese at Home xvi. 203 Ferryboats slowly cross the river... The loads of the coolies are put in the bows of the boat, where also occasionally is to be seen a leper, who is not allowed amongst the other passengers. The ferryman yeeoo-loes at the stern. 1921Outward Bound June 36/1 The junk is propelled when possible by great oars, called by the Chinese ‘yulos’, projecting out from either side. 1927Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 163/1 We pass a fishing boat; a woman with a willowy figure bending to the yulow at one end. 1941J. Homer Dawn Watch in China iv. 93 Junks bound downstream were manned on the foredeck with six or eight or a dozen oarsmen, who stood, each to his oar poling forward into the fast water and singing in unison the minor wordless river chant of the sacred Yangtze. Now and then, the helmsman would yuloh in a high-pitched scream were he called forth the wind. 1966G. R. G. Worcester Sail & Sweep in China ii. 11 In rowing, as in so many other arts, the Chinese show their great independence of thought; and in the yuloh or sculling oar, they demonstrate a perfect example of applied mechanics which can, confidently, be dated back to the Later Han Dynasty AD25–220. Ibid. 12 When operated by a Chinese, even by a child, yulohing appears to be supremely simple. 1981Jrnl. R. Naval Med. Service LXVII. 46/2 Navigable by one man using a large yulo at the stern. |