scull

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These classes teach beginners in small groups to scull in stable, single boats, emphasizing boat skills and introducing rowers to larger boats.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

First, the current world champion in the women's single scull will compete in the rowing events in Tokyo, and then next March she is hoping to compete in cross-country skiing at the Beijing Winter Paralympics.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2021

A few etymologists liken the scooped blade of the scull to the hollow basin of the skull—and others have argued that humans once made these drinking-bowls from actual human skulls.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

She learned how to row a scull in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the women’s coxless pair at the Southeast Asian Games hosted by Singapore later that year.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

He will press a trifle more with the one foot, and will throw a little more of his weight on to the one scull, and so produce the desired effect on his boat.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.