oarage

noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

The act of using oars; rowing.

The yacht was flying down the current under her powerful oarage.

2

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.

3

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 […]

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