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scull

(skŭl)

1. A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.

2. One of a pair of light oars designed for use by a single rower.

3. A small light racing boat for one, two, or four rowers, each using a pair of sculls.

v. sculled, scull·ing, sculls

v.tr.

To propel (a boat) with a scull or a pair of sculls.

v.intr.

1. To use a scull or a pair of sculls to propel a boat.

2. To generate propulsion, as in swimming, with a motion resembling that of a single scull oar.

[Middle English sculle.]

scull′er n.

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sculling - rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell

rowing, row - the act of rowing as a sport

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Always watching his face, the girl instantly answered to the action in her sculling; presently the boat swung round, quivered as from a sudden jerk, and the upper half of the man was stretched out over the stern.

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It drifts apart like a forgotten dream; and it was in the hour of many dreams, at daybreak and very soon after the end of dark, that such a strange sight was given to a man sculling a boat down a river in the West country.

It came in the form of a young man with light hair and a candid expression, who came sculling down the river and disembarked at the landing stage.

"Hope?" repeated March, and stopped sculling for an instant.

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Erica added to this success with her first race in her own new sculling boat, earning a Silver medal in the Womens B Single Scull.

Town duo strike gold at British Rowing Masters

Single sculling which is a tough individual discipline, delivered further wins for Eleanor Culley (Junior 16 ) who beat clubmate Hannah Lawrie; Quinn McDonnell (Novice) and Rebecca Plank, who won her first single sculling race with a final victory against team-mate and double scull partner Rachael Gravelling.

Triumphant season end for rowing club; ROWING

Durham ARC performed well in the sculling events with wins for the senior men's squad in the open coxless quads for Reece Stockport, Can Evirgen, Mert Evirgen and Will Hamlyn in band one and for David Rutter, Nicholas Baird, Nick Spong and Brad Knights in band two.

Small proves so beautiful; Annual Heads Race an oarsome occasion at Durham ROWING

It was a family celebration with younger sister Kaya Saccheri responsible for steering in her Women's Junior 17 Quad scull crew to victory, sculling as hard as possible with Kay Shimmin, Frankie Wightman and Rosa Kusabbi.

Liverpool Victoria's Boston glee party; Wirral-based club shine in marathon rowing event in America

Everyone knows what's unique about roaches, but very few know what goes on in the small, extreme world of sculling.

Fowl scullers: strong and skillful, there's no room for the weak on these challenging sneak hunts for rare birds

Glover out-gunned sculling specialist Frances Houghton in the final sprint to the line to take the women's single title by a whisker.

Thornley ends 3rd in GB trials; NORTH WALES CRICKET

Britain picked up wins in the men's fours and pairs as well as all three open-weight men's sculling although Greg Searle, a steward at Henley, was denied what in all probability would have been a final win at the Regatta as Germany took the honours in the men's eight Grand Challenge Cup, breaking all of the course records.

Records smashed on memorable finals day at Henley; rowing

On day one, the senior women's squad competed successfully in a number of sculling events.

Rowing: Rowers push the boat out

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