0 a long pole with a wide, flat part at one end, used for rowing a boat:
1 a long pole with a wide, flat part at one end which is used to row a boat (= move it through water)
The expressivist will also want to put an oar in.
I held my breath and crept forward, dragging the oars at each 'step'.
Unfortunately, this determination of the posse size is not quite as definite as finding only two oars in a boat, nor is it an easy number to select.
But none of us can afford to be complacent or to rest on our oars.
I should like to press that we put in our oar on this matter.
One is when the people think they have achieved economic security and rest on their oars, while the world passes them by.
There can be no question of resting on oars.
Experiments have been made in manufacturing boats' oars from home-grown timber and it was found that homegrown ash was unsuitable.