bow oar

bow oar [bou] ExamplesWord Origin noun

Origin of bow oar First recorded in 1850–55 Examples from the Web for bow oar Historical Examples of bow oar

Turning to him who pulled the bow-oar: “Stop pullin’ a bit, Tom,” said he, “stop pullin’.”

F. Colburn Adams

Amos pulled the bow-oar, and behind him was the tub with the line coiled away, and the harpoon bent on to it.

Robert Michael Ballantyne

And what a mighty cheer rang out when she drew closer, and the man at the bow-oar stood up and cried, “Thank God, all saved!”

R.M. Ballantyne

As it drew near, the figure of the man pulling the bow-oar seemed oddly familiar to me.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Toffy rowed the bow-oar now, and Purvis, who knew every turn of the river, took the tiller-ropes.

S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan