Synonyms for oar

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr, ohr

Phonetic Transcription : ɔr, oʊr

Définition of oar

Origin : Old English ar "oar," from Proto-Germanic *airo (cf. Old Norse ar, Danish aare, Swedish åra), of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin remus "oar," Greek eretes "rower," eretmos "oar."

noun paddle

Example sentences :

There was room in it for a girl-partner at the oar, but no accommodation for passengers.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Every man and spar and oar on the vessel seemed burning in its light.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

An oar has been made since I came in, wanting the shaped handle.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Greer went back to the stern, picked up an oar and began to scull.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

She put out her hand, and took his, and pressed it, holding hers over it upon the oar.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

In that boat, now vanishing upon the sea, the dead man held an oar.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

I have seen in some of these canoes seventy and eighty men, each with his oar.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

Harry sounded with an oar, and found that the water was only two feet deep.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 » by Various

I got up my jury rig—the oar and the spray shield—and took the helm.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I yelled, hangin' to the steerin' oar and keepin' the ark runnin' afore the wind.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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