Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The foremost oar used in pulling a boat.
  • noun The person who pulls the bow-oar.
  • noun In a whale-boat, the oar next to the forward one.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • The oar used by the bowman.
  • One who rows at the bow of a boat.

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