oarswoman

But she was not afraid of a little hard work, her muscles were supple, and she had rowed one season in the first eight at Briarwood Hall, and so considered herself something of an oarswoman.

Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. Emerson

During the summer and early fall, Sheila had become a splendid oarswoman.

Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod James A. Cooper 1917

I understood from what I heard later that the Gay Lady, although a fine oarswoman, did not row Rhodora about the river.

A Court of Inquiry 1912

Something about the look in the eye of that Mississippi-bred oarswoman, who seemed such a force among her fellows, told him that he had better capitulate.

Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters 1912

She was a splendid oarswoman, and feathered her oars in the most approved fashion.

Light O' the Morning L. T. Meade 1884

Angela, instructed by Sir Denzil, considerably advanced her power as an oarswoman.

London Pride Or When the World Was Younger 1875

The oarswoman in the bow knew her business, and with rapid glances over her shoulder not only kept the boat on its course but turned the bows into the worst of the waves to keep from capsizing.

Mr. Midshipman Easy Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 1873

She had thought herself a good oarswoman, but she was nothing to Olive.

The Captain's Toll-Gate Frank Richard Stockton 1868

Herschel, first amanuensis for her illustrious brother, and then his assistant in astronomical calculations, and then discovering worlds for herself, dying at ninety-eight years of age, still busy with the stars till she sped beyond them; as much as had Florence Nightingale, the nurse of the Crimea; or Grace Darling, the oarswoman of the Long

The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony 1867

I was luckily to have experienced oarswoman Leanna steering our vessle, veteran of a mammoth 32 day canoe trip in Canada.

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