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oar noun

  /o(ː)ɹ/ , /oə/ , /ɔɹ/ , /ɔː/
  • A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
riem, roeiriem
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