单词 | pair-oared |
释义 | pair-oaredadj. Of a boat: two-oared. Also: involving two-oared boats. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > for specific number of rowers four-oared1685 pair-oared1879 1879 Harper's Mag. May 925/2 ‘Josh’ Ward..who was champion sculler of America nearly twenty years ago..has been almost constantly before the public, rowing also in the pair-oared race at the Centennial Regatta. 1881 Sportsman's Year-bk. 100 A heavy pair-oared gig. 1938 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship of Line i. 7 Hornblower took his seat in a pair oared wherry. 2002 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 62 Paul Hodge celebrated the previous day's birth of his son Archie by winning the Gents pair-oared race with Andy Pomeroy and cox, Richard Wallis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1879 |
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