pair-oarn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛːrɔː/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrˌɔr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pair n.¹, oar n.

Etymology: < pair n.¹ + oar n. The attributive use may have been the earlier, thus explaining the form of the word, although compare earlier four-oar n. at four adj. and n. Compounds 2. Compare pair-horse adj.

A boat rowed with two oars. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for specific number of rowers

a pair of oars1598

ten1642

four-oar1844

pair-oar1853

six-oar1856

two-oar1857

four1861

sixern1866

gig-pair1869

pair1885

eight1898

1853 R. B. Mansfield (title) The Water Lily on the Danube: being a brief account of the perils of a pair-oar, during a voyage from Lambeth to Pesth.

1854 (title) Our cruise in the Undine; the journal of an English pair-oar expedition through France.

1867 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Apr. 202 A pair-oar gig outrigged.

1899 Rowing Almanack 209 It is the usual practice on the river for a pair-oar to give way to a four-oar.

1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xv. 315 A slim, singleted youth shooting contemptuously past him in a pair-oar skiff.

1969 William & Mary Q. 26 373 He..got into a pair-oar and drifted down the Thames from Whitehall.

1997 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 Feb. 10 Toni Dunlop, who has spent the last month training in Waikato with his Olympic pair-oar partner David Schaper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pair-oar
释义	pair-oarn. Brit. /ˈpɛːrɔː/, U.S. /ˈpɛrˌɔr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pair n.¹, oar n. Etymology: < pair n.¹ + oar n. The attributive use may have been the earlier, thus explaining the form of the word, although compare earlier four-oar n. at four adj. and n. Compounds 2. Compare pair-horse adj. A boat rowed with two oars. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for specific number of rowers a pair of oars1598 ten1642 four-oar1844 pair-oar1853 six-oar1856 two-oar1857 four1861 sixern1866 gig-pair1869 pair1885 eight1898 1853 R. B. Mansfield (title) The Water Lily on the Danube: being a brief account of the perils of a pair-oar, during a voyage from Lambeth to Pesth. 1854 (title) Our cruise in the Undine; the journal of an English pair-oar expedition through France. 1867 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Apr. 202 A pair-oar gig outrigged. 1899 Rowing Almanack 209 It is the usual practice on the river for a pair-oar to give way to a four-oar. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xv. 315 A slim, singleted youth shooting contemptuously past him in a pair-oar skiff. 1969 William & Mary Q. 26 373 He..got into a pair-oar and drifted down the Thames from Whitehall. 1997 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 Feb. 10 Toni Dunlop, who has spent the last month training in Waikato with his Olympic pair-oar partner David Schaper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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