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oar [ɔ:ɐ, Am ɔ:r] N

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The scull portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat.
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The oars were also placed on a rectangular outrigger that was designed to further improve the leverage.
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Breaking the enemy's oars was another way of rendering ships immobile, rendering them into easier targets.
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I rigged up a couple of oars and started down alone.
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The ferry consisted of cottonwood dugout canoes and planking for a deck, with two oars and a rudder.
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The sculling oars and spanker probably now belong in a museum.
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The hind legs are covered with hairs and shaped like oars, hence the name water boatman.
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The oars used in small dinghies or rafts can be less than 2 metres long.
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It depended mostly on sail-power and used its oars only as auxiliaries if there was no wind on the open water.
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In boat building it is used for decking and for oars.
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