This page gathers the 50 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Rowing”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- backsplash noun The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just before the rower reaches the catch.
- bisweptual adj Able to row sweep on either port or starboard with equal or near-equal proficiency.
- bow noun The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- bow ball noun A rubberized ball placed on the bow of the boat to protect others from collisions with the pointed end of the bow.
- bow rudder noun A steering stroke used to sharply turn a canoe.
- bucket verb To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
- bump noun The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- bumps race noun A form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file; each boat attempts to catch the boat in front without…
- bumshoving noun Giving way of the hips during the drive phase.
- catch verb To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- cleaver noun A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
- cox box noun An electronic device with a digital readout displaying the stroke rate and a voice amplifier allowing the coxswain to give instructions to…
- coxless four noun A race in which such craft participate
- coxless pair noun A race in which such craft participate
- coxswain noun The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
- crab noun A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- crew noun A rowing team manning a single shell.
- cross-handed adv Facing forward and pushing the oars away from the body on the power stroke (rather than facing backward and pulling the oars on the power…
- dark blue noun A member of the Oxford rowing team.
- double noun A boat for two scullers.
- double scull noun A race in which such craft participate
- easy verb Synonym of easy-oar.
- eight noun A race in which such craft participate.
- erg verb To use an ergometer.
- feather verb To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
- feathered adj Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
- four noun The shell itself.
- light blue noun A member of the Cambridge rowing team.
- lightweight noun A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
- lugger noun A rower who tends to rely on strength rather than technique.
- macon noun A type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.
- odd man noun A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.
- outrigger noun An outrigger canoe or boat.
- pair noun A boat for two sweep rowers.
- piece noun A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- pogie noun A protective hand covering attached to the oars or paddles while rowing, canoeing or kayaking. They insulate the hands from wind and cold…
- port noun A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- puddle noun The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
- pull verb To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
- quadruple scull noun A race in which such craft participate
- single scull noun A race in which such craft participate
- sky verb To raise an oar too high above the water.
- slice verb To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- square verb To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- steady adv To row with pressure at a low stroke-rating, often 18 strokes per minute.
- stroke verb Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- sweep verb To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- ten noun The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
- toss verb To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- way enough intj A coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.