oar

A long object consisting of a flat blade attached to a shaft or two blades, attached to either end of a shaft, which is held by the user. By rowing, they can be used to move boats across bodies of water.

This refers both to actual oars, which are mounted to a boat at a pivot, and paddles, which are not connected to a boat.

See also

• paddle
• rowboat

The following tags are aliased to this tag: boat_paddle (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: holding_oar (learn more).