scull

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In scull rowing, the athlete propels the boat by swinging two oars at the same time.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

"Although it is a fourth - again - that is history made. It is the highest any female scull has come at the Olympic Games."

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2021

A few years later, someone invited her to an adaptive rowing clinic where she strapped into a specially equipped scull and, given her affinity for the water, was hooked.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2020

But the lagoon was comparatively calm when Vladislav Yakovlev of Kazakhstan managed just 10 strokes before capsizing in his single scull.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2016

He leans on a pedestal, on which are placed a scull and an hour-glass, and with his left hand draws towards him a draped female, who holds a globe in her left hand.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis