In plural. A rowing boat. Esp. in a pair of oars: a boat rowed by two people. Now archaic.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for specific number of rowers (11) a pair of oars1598 In plural. A rowing boat. Esp. in a pair of oars: a boat rowed by two people. Now archaic. ten1642 Short for. A ten-acre lot. four-oar1844 a boat rowed with four oars. pair-oar1853 A boat rowed with two oars. Frequently attributive. six-oar1856 a six-oared boat. two-oar1857 a two-oared boat. four1861 A set of four persons or things: esp. A four-oared boat or a crew of four oarsmen. fours, races for four-oared boats. sixern1866 A six-oared boat. gig-pair1869 a gig fitted for two rowers. pair1885 Specific elliptical uses. Rowing. A set of two oarsmen. Cf. pair-oar, n. eight1898 A set of eight persons or things. The crew of a rowing boat, consisting of eight oarsmen; a boat for eight oarsmen. the Eights: boat-races at the… |
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