cox
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Watercoxcox /kɒks $ kɑːks/ noun [countable] TTWsomeone who controls the direction of a rowing boat, especially in races —cox verb [transitive]Examples from the Corpuscox• When you hear the moan of the rowlocks, do you urge him on like a cox?• Cambridge cox sinking the boat before the race had started.• A different pleasure was afforded when the cox was female.• Moynihan had been in his time a University cox and a flyweight boxing blue, and barely came up to her elbow.