Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The functions, art. or skill of a waterman or oarsman; oarsmanship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The business or skill of a waterman.
- noun Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Skill in
swimming and propelling oneself through thewater .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The reason for this lack of watermanship is partly due to the difficulty in coaching otherwise than from the stern of a boat, there being no towing path on which the coach can ride or run alongside his men, as is done at Oxford or Cambridge, while the hire of launches is too expensive.
Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready
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And as for the tugboat-skipper, he sat and watched his companion, and resolved that, after all, there were a few things he did not know about watermanship.
Dan Merrithew Lawrence Perry 1914
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Even more perfect was it, by reason of its gravelly bottom, for another form of watermanship.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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The Peacock Bay has been inculcating the spirit of watermanship and courage amongst cadets of the National Defence Academy for years
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The money will be used by the 2427 (Biggin Hill) squadron of the air training corps to buy sports equipment and canoes for watermanship training.
unknown title 2009
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The newly opened Naval Academy in Ezhimala, Kerala, has a sprawling campus of 2,452 acres, with 41 state-of-the-art labs, a stadium and a watermanship training centre.
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He held the rudder lines under his arms as Harry had shown him and felt very proud of the way he was coxing the boat, though his puny efforts unsupported by Harry’s sound arm and the friend’s watermanship would not have been enough alone to cope with the tide and the difficult navigation in those waters.
The Port of London Murders Bell, Josephine, 1897-1987 1938
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I think your remark is unkind, especially as I've just been praising the watermanship of your men. "
A Rock in the Baltic Robert Barr 1881
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