- 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...
-
O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an
American rock band,
founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band
consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc...
- Look up
OAR in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
oar is a tool used for
rowing a boat.
OAR or
oar may also
refer to:
Oar, a
village in Vetiș Commune...
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motions of
oars to
displace water and
generate reactional propulsion.
Rowing is
functionally similar to paddling, but
rowing requires oars to be mechanically...
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Oarfish are
large and
extremely long
pelagic lampriform fish
belonging to the
small family Regalecidae.
Found in
areas spanning from
temperate ocean zones...
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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...
- The
Winnowing Oar (athereloigos - Gr**** ἀθηρηλοιγός) is an
object that
appears in
Books XI and
XXIII of Homer's Odyssey. In the epic,
Odysseus is instructed...
- A
galley is a type of ship
optimised for
propulsion by
oars.
Galleys were
historically used for warfare, trade, and
piracy mostly in the seas surrounding...
- The
steering oar or
steering board is an over-sized
oar or board, to
control the
direction of a ship or
other watercraft prior to the
invention of the...
- In rowing,
oars are used to
propel the boat.
Oars differ from
paddles in that they use a
fixed or
sliding fulcrum, an
oarlock or
rowlock attached to the...
