twelve-oared

I was ordered to hire the finest twelve-oared rowing boat I could find, so that he could enter the harbor in style, wearing for the first time the purple-edged toga of a senator of the Roman republic.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

I was ordered to hire the finest twelve-oared rowing boat I could find, so that he could enter the harbor in style, wearing for the first time the purple-edged toga of a senator of the Roman republic.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

A twelve-oared boat attended the progress of the pupils, from motives of precaution.

The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering William Martin

In 1792 he built a twelve-oared barge of twenty-five tons burden for Captain Putnam.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

Indeed, I saw his boat, which he rowed with great swiftness and dexterity, fly across the lake like a twelve-oared barge.

Chapter XVI 1917

Proper arrangements had been made for his conveyance and escort but, owing to two accidents, the President completed his river journey in a twelve-oared barge and walked about a mile and a half through the Richmond streets accompanied by Admiral Porter and three other officers with a guard of only ten sailors armed with carbines.

Chapter XIV 1917

At eight o'clock the body was lowered out of the ship into a twelve-oared barge, towed by two twelveoared barges, and attended by twelve others to the bottom of the point in a train of silent, gloomy pomp, suitable to the melancholy occasion.

Canada at the Grave of Wolfe 1910

There were but a few of us in his party, and we stepped into Admiral Porter's twelve-oared barge and were rowed to Richmond, the smoke of the fires still darkening the sky.

The Crisis — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

There were but a few of us in his party, and we stepped into Admiral Porter's twelve-oared barge and were rowed to Richmond, the smoke of the fires still darkening the sky.

The Crisis — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909

There were but a few of us in his party, and we stepped into Admiral Porter's twelve-oared barge and were rowed to Richmond, the smoke of the fires still darkening the sky.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909