oars

• The oars should be correctly fitted to the beam and length of the boat. the required length of your oars is about twice the beam of the boat.
• We pulled with muffled oars, and were nearly alongside her, when someone on board must have caught a glimpse of the faint flash as our oars dipped, for we heard a voice giving the alarm on board in Spanish. —  Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
• He waited two days--three--and very leisurely, up the river, the galleys of Cleopatra came But she did not come as suppliant Her curiously carved galley was studded with nails of gold; the oars were all tipped with silver; the sails were of purple silk. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
• The dog still stood up, with his forepaws raised upon the bench; the oars were among his feet. —  The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
• But the little captain and his crew had only what loose things they could grab in a hurry--oars, deck-swabs, marlin-spikes, and one thing or another; but with them, without wastin' any flourishes, they came at me an' the gen'ral, and we draws our swords What d' y' say, will we have at 'em, gen'ral?" —  Sonnie-Boy's People

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