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Meaning of oarage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. The act of using oars; rowing.
    archaic, uncountable
  2. A sweeping motion that resembles rowing.
    archaic, poetic, uncountable
  3. Equipment used for rowing.
    uncountable

Examples

“The yacht was flying down the current under her powerful oarage.”
“[…] the oarage of the wings of a single great bird, flying high over the valley on some lonely night quest of its own, was distinct.”
“With two banks of 13 and 12, or more probably 14 and 11, oars a side the oarage of the pentekontar took up 11.7 m or 12.6 m of its length […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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