scull
IPA: skˈʌɫ
noun
- A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
- A small rowing boat, for one person.
- A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
- A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
- (obsolete) A shoal of fish.
- The skua gull.
- A surname.
- Archaic spelling of skull. [(anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.]
verb
- To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
- To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
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Examples of "scull" in Sentences
- He is good at playing scull.
- He has won several times in single scull.
- He won the bronze medal in the single sculls.
- The race is traditionally rowed in the single scull.
- Drysdale won the bronze medal in the single scull event.
- Less popular ones are the coxed pair and the double scull.
- In 1892, he was the single scull championship of the Cornell.
- In the single scull, he won the Wingfield Sculls in 1935 and 1936.
- In the same games, he won the silver medal rowing in the single scull.
- Gulston took part in the single scull and in the double scull with Labat.
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