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SWEEP BOATS
sweep boats
Boats in which the rowers have one oar and there are two, four or eight rowers; a sweep boat might be guided by a coxswain.
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parts of a boat
sweep oar
basin
rowing (one oar)
Race in which rowers grip one oar in both hands.
coxed pair
coxless pair
coxed four
coxless four
coxed eight