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pair-oar|ˈpɛərɔə(r)|
[Condensed from pair of oars: cf. pair-horse.]
A boat rowed by a pair of oars: see oar n. 3. Also attrib. Hence pair-oared a.
1854(title) Our Cruise in the Undine; the journal of an English pair-oar expedition through France. 1870M. Collins Vivian II. xvi. 277, I declare there is a punt, and a pair-oar too. 1899Rowing Almanack 209 It is the usual practice on the river for a pair-oar to give way to a four-oar. 1901Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 129/2 It comes by way of the river, a rotten, old, pair-oared skiff. 1938C. S. Forester Ship of Line i. 7 Hornblower took his seat in a pair oared wherry. |