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Definition of Sculler
1. Noun. Someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward).
Definition of Sculler
1. n. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars.
Definition of Sculler
1. Noun. One who sculls. ¹
2. Noun. A boat rowed by one person with two sculls, or short oars. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sculler
1. one that sculls [n -S] - See also: sculls
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sculler
Literary usage of Sculler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"All of it, save whore the sculler sits, is gas-tight, so that in the event of a
race sufficient gas may bo taken into it to reduce its weight to 8 pounds. ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"All of it, save where the sculler sits, is gas-tight, so that in the event of a
race sufficient gas may bo taken into it to reduce its weight to 8 pounds. ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"Afar, a kind of flat- bottomed river-boat, sculler, lighter, wherry- boat ;—fú^rer,
m. sculler, lighter-man, water • man; ..."
4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.,from His Ms. Cypher by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Mynors Bright (1884)
"By and by he went and got a sculler, and landing him at Worcester House, I and W.
Howe, who came to us at Whitehall, went to the Wardrobe. ..."
5. Thomas Doggett, Deceased: A Famous Comedian by Theodore Andrea Cook, Guy Oliver Nickalls (1908)
"From London to Rotherhithe Church Stairs and Rotherhithe Stairs, in oar» 6d., a
sculler 3^. From St. Olaves to Rotherhithe Church Stairs and Rotherhithe ..."
6. Under the Southern Cross by Henry Cornish (1879)
"... climate of New South Wales—Healthy appearance of the people—Trickett the
Champion sculler —The beauty of Sydney harbour—Streets and public buildings—The ..."
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