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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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double

Sports; Rowing

A scull that seats two rowers.

eight

Sports; Rowing

This is a sweep-oar boat that holds eight rowers and one coxswain.

exclusion

Sports; Rowing

This refers to when a racing team is disqualified from one particular race but not the entire regatta.

false start

Sports; Rowing

When one or more boats leave the starting line too soon.

feathering

Sports; Rowing

Feathering is the third rowing motion a rower takes. After a Drive the rower raises the blade of the oar out of the water and then once the blade is out of the water the rower ...

fin

Sports; Rowing

See Skeg.

finish

Sports; Rowing

This is the final part of the drive stroke just before the oar is lifted out of the water.