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
- 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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