One who pulls the stroke-oar in a boat.
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释义 | society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman > oarsman in specific position in boat (9) strokesman1769 One who pulls the stroke-oar in a boat. middleman1801 North American. A person who paddles or rows in the middle of a canoe or other boat. stroke1825 Rowing. The oarsman who sits nearest to the stern of the boat, and whose ‘stroke’ sets the time for the other rowers (= stroke-oar n., stroke-oarsman… bowman1829 The oarsman who sits nearest to the bow of a boat. bow1830 transferred. The rower nearest to the bow. (colloquial.) stroke-oar1836 (a) the oar nearest the stern of a rowing-boat; (b) the rower who handles this oar (= sense 13d). stroke-oarsman1838 = sense 13d. bow-oar1851 the oar nearest the bow; transferred the man who pulls this oar; also, in a whale-boat, the foremost oar but one. midship1897 The rower who sits in the middle of a boat. Obsolete. rare. |
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