The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Oar

Sea Terms

A wooden instrument used to propel a boat. It consists of the blade, loom and handle. The loom is the part from where the flat part (the blade) ends, to the small length of round wood at the extreme inboard end, which is the handle.

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