Word: shell
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...pair: a shell with two sweeps...
lightweight: a shell with a specific weight limit. For men, the boat must average 150 pounds per oarsmen. For women, the average must be 129.5 pounds...
power: a series of all-out strokes that a shell uses to try to surge ahead of its opponents. Listen for coxswains calling for power during the Head...
scull: to row with two blades. This is as opposed to sweeping, which is with one blade per person. Sculling can be an individual sport. A shell with just one sculler is called a single...
...shell: the proper name for a thin boat, which holds one, two, four and eight rowers and perhaps a coxswain...