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AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end. Rowers grasp the oar at the other end. The difference between oars and paddles is that oars are used exclusively for rowing. In rowing the oar is connected to the vessel by means of a pivot point for the oar, either an oarlock, or a thole. The oar is ...
The length of the oar shaft measured from the button to the tip of the blade. Outrigger (See Rigger) Pin The vertical metal rod on which the rowlock rotates. Pogies/poagies A type of glove covering only the hand leaving the fingers exposed. These allow the rower to grip the oar while also warming the hands, used frequently by rowers in colder ...
1. The cutout in the washstrake of a boat into which an oar is placed, so providing a fulcrum when the oar is in use. [47] 2. A common term for an oar crutch, the u-shaped metal fitting, with a pin underneath that fits in a socket in the gunwale of a boat to provide the fulcrum for an oar. [16] See also thole pin. royal 1.
Since the steering oar was on the right side of the boat, it would tie up at the wharf on the other side. Hence the left side was called port. [6] The Oxford English Dictionary cites port in this usage since 1543. [7] Formerly, larboard was often used instead of port. This is from Middle English ladebord and the term lade is related to the ...
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Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat with sliding seats, rigged with two oars per rower may be referred to as a scull, its oars may be referred to as sculls and a person rowing it referred to as sculler. [1]
The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars, manned with one man per oar. The early trireme was a development of the penteconter , an ancient warship with a single row of 25 oars on each side (i.e., a single-banked boat), and of the bireme ( Ancient Greek : διήρης , diērēs ), a warship with two banks of oars, of Phoenician ...