overstroken.
/ˈəʊvəstrəʊk/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌstroʊk/ Swimming.
An overarm stroke.
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hand over hand1844
sidestroke1852
breast swimming1861
steamer1861
breaststroke1864
dog paddle1874
backstroke1876
trudgen1893
frog kick1896
overstroke1902
scissors kick1902
crawl1903
scissors1908
freestyle1916
doggy paddle1921
front crawl1924
back-crawl1929
butterfly stroke1934
butterfly1936
butterfly kick1937
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 696/4 Over-stroke.
1934 E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxix. 44 Came Mava swimming with light hand lifted in overstroke.
1996 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 10 June b10 The eagle used its wings as arms doing an overstroke—one wing and then the other—and swam with the salmon to the riverbank.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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