pair-oar

American  

[pair-awr, -ohr] / ˈpɛərˌɔr, -ˌoʊr /

noun

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

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pair-oar British  

noun

1. Also called: pair.  rowing a racing shell in which two oarsmen sit one behind the other and pull one oar each Compare double scull

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Other Word Forms

• pair-oared adjective

Etymology

Origin of pair-oar

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

Everyone who has rowed knows that pair-oar rowing is the most difficult, as it is the most fascinating, form of the art.

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

Instead of going up the river in a pair-oar or a four, he now went up in a sculling boat or a canoe, and seemed to enjoy himself quite as much.

From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines

The boat house was deserted, but out in mid-stream was a pair-oar and a rowboat, the latter well filled.

From The Crimson Sweater by Barbour, Ralph Henry

A pair-oar requires more practice to bring it to perfection than any other boat manned by oars, but a sculler requires considerably more practice than any pair of oarsmen.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.