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Oars

Scope note

Use for long slender shafts, usually wood, shaped to a round handle or grip at one end and flat-tipped blade at the other; for rowing. For similar but shorter devices with round-tipped blades for propelling small boats, use "paddles (watercraft equipment)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000213077

Broader Terms used

<watercraft equipment>

Equivalent Terms used

oar

Created

13yrs ago

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