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pair-oar

[ pair-awr, -ohr ]

noun

  1. a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.


pair-oar

noun

  1. rowing a racing shell in which two oarsmen sit one behind the other and pull one oar each Also calledpair Compare double scull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • pair-oared adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pair-oar1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

More than one master of oarsmanship has declared that good pair-oar rowing is the acme of oarsmanship.

In a pair-oar, if either of the hands is a bad waterman, the combination will never rise above mediocrity.

In pair-oar rowing there is needed a je-ne-sais-quoi sort of mutual concession of style.

There are challenge prizes for the house fours and for the sculling and pulling, as the pair-oar outrigger race is called.

That evening he went out with a man in a pair oar, and was rowed to a standstill.

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