Oarage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of using oars; rowing. archaic, uncountable

    "The yacht was flying down the current under her powerful oarage."

  2. 2
    A sweeping motion that resembles rowing. archaic, poetic, uncountable

    "[…] the oarage of the wings of a single great bird, flying high over the valley on some lonely night quest of its own, was distinct."

  3. 3
    Equipment used for rowing. uncountable

    "With two banks of 13 and 12, or more probably 14 and 11, oars a side the oarage of the pentekontar took up 11.7 m or 12.6 m of its length […]"

Example

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"The yacht was flying down the current under her powerful oarage."

Etymology

From oar + -age.

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