i Register
In some senses, oarage is marked as archaic, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
The act of using oars; rowing.
The yacht was flying down the current under her powerful oarage.
A sweeping motion that resembles rowing.
[…] the oarage of the wings of a single great bird, flying high over the valley on some lonely night quest of its own, was distinct.
Equipment used for rowing.
With two banks of 13 and 12, or more probably 14 and 11, oars a side the oarage of the pentekontar took up 11.7 m or 12.6 m of its length […]