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Word entry · 5 letters

scull

Best crossword clue

"Rowing oar"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skʌl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cllsuStarts with SEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A small rowing oar, or the act of propelling a boat with such oars.

Word origin

From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”).

Used in a sentence

  • The afternoon sun was getting low as the Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself, and not paying much attention to Mole.
  • The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years.
  • 2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59, In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.

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