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sweep oar

NOUN
  1. a long oar used in an open boat

How To Use sweep oar In A Sentence

  • Bhim, our Nepalese boatman on the sweep oar, skillfully hauls the raft around so that we hit the wave bow-on.
  • So there's another guy trying to steer with a big, heavy sweep oar.
  • Rienks's international rowing career spanned five Olympic games and during that time he won medals in both sculling and sweep oar events.
  • The sweep oar crew, coached by Loretta Williams, won the S38 + s event.
  • The former oyster pirate from San Francisco Bay was the man at the stern with the crucial sweep oar.
  • Although it is their first season in the pair, the brothers are medallists in the eight and are using their sweep oar talent to their advantage.
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