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Propelled a boat with oars, or quarrelled with someone
Propelled a boat with oars, or quarrelled with someone
Rowing Shell.
The earliest boats were log rafts. The first boats were hollow tree trunks propelled by poles, and then by paddles and oars.
That is called rowing. A boat can also be propelled with one oar off the stern and that is called sculling.
It is the opposite to the way how old airplanes were propelled. They use the propeller. When the propeller is exposed to the wind it rotates automatically. (Compare with the boat propeller and water turbine.)
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A ship is propelled by wind or a propeller, and an airplane is propelled by a jet engine, propeller or turboprop.
In rowing, a boat propelled by oars is normally called a shell. Based on how many people are using the boat, and eight has eight rowers, a four has four rowers with one oar each and a quad has four rowers with 2 oars each. A pair has two rowers with one oar each while a double has two rowers with two oars each. A single has one rower with two oars in it.
To move a boat using oars is to row a boat. The action of the oars in the water propels the boat. In ancient times, rowing vessels were used in naval warfare and trade.
A sport on the water where teams are in boats (shells) and are propelled by oars. There can be boats with 1, 2, 4, or 8 people + a coxswain who stears and coaches the boat.
Rough; stern; angry., A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl., A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns., To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat., To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge., To use the oar; as, to row well., To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily., The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.