单词 | oarswoman |
释义 | oarswomann. A woman who uses an oar or oars; a female rower. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman > woman oarswoman1843 1843 J. H. Ingraham Gipsy of Highlands i. 7 His anxiety was instantly aroused for the safety of the ‘gazelle’ and its fair oarswoman. 1863 T. W. Higginson Out-door Papers x. 265 The oarswomen..were likened to Minerva with her feet upon a tortoise. 1961 Ch'ên Shou-Yi Chinese Lit. iv. 51 An oarswoman from the state of Yüeh..broke out in a native Yüeh song. 1976 Eastern Evening News (Norwich) 13 Dec. 13/8 Careful coaching from two Norwich Union oarswomen, Mrs S. Waller and Mrs M. Bunn. 1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Dec. d5/2 The point is that Canada's oarswomen rowed faster and better when it was needed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843 |
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