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ROWING EIGHT [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
DEF

One that rows: rower; especially, one that is skilled in rowing.

OBS

oarsman: also "oarman"; plural: oarsmen, also "oarmen."

OBS

An oarsman pulls one oar(rowing : rower or oarsman) or two oars(sculling : sculler), but in the sport of rowing, he or she is called a "rower". The term "oarsmen" is usually linked to rowers in cox eight(8) or cox sixteen(16), especially in the Oxford-Cambridge annual race on the Thames River(since 1829).

OBS

oarsman: A generic for "oarsman" (specific), in French "rameur de pointe, rameur en pointe", and "sculler" (specific), in French "rameur de couple, rameur en couple".

OBS

oarsman: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
DEF

Celui, celle qui rame en couple ou en pointe.

OBS

Il n'y a pas, à proprement parler, de terme français équivalent au «oarsman», «celui qui excelle à ramer». Dans les épreuves d'aviron, il y a deux types d'embarcation : l'«aviron simple» ou «aviron de pointe» (une seule rame par rameur); l'«aviron double» ou «aviron de couple» (deux rames par rameur). Certaines sources voudraient que les athlètes de ce sport soient des «canotier(s), canotières(s)» plutôt que des «rameur(s), rameuse(s)».

OBS

rameur, rameuse : Un générique pour «rameur, rameuse de pointe, en pointe» (en anglais «oarsman, oarswoman»), et «rameur, rameuse de couple, en couple» (en anglais «sculler»).

OBS

rameur : Terminologie adoptée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie

Spanish

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