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How to pronounce sculling in English?

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Type Words
Type of row, rowing
Derivation scull

Examples of sculling

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And I'm going to tell you that I went sculling today for the first time in ages.
From the scienceblogs.com
Many swimmers use hybrid strokes that combine elements of deep catch and sculling.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Just before entering high school, they enrolled in a sculling class at Lake Natoma.
From the sacbee.com
At the Beijing Games he won Britain's first Olympic men's sculling medal since 1976.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Ivanov went on to win gold again in Tokyo in 1964, an Olympic single sculling record.
From the henleystandard.co.uk
Sculling is usually done without a coxswain, in quads, doubles or singles.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A sculling oar is shorter and has a smaller blade area than the equivalent sweep oar.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ed Crichton's sculling also showed considerable technical improvement.
From the henleystandard.co.uk
Sweeping has to be done as part of a team, while sculling can be a group or solo activity.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • A long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
  • Propel with sculls; "scull the boat"
  • Each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
  • A racing shell that is propelled by sculls
  • (sculling) rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell
  • Sculling generally refers to a method of using oars to propel watercraft in which the oar or oars touch the water on both the port and starboard sides of the craft. By extension, the oars themselves are also often referred to as sculls when used in this manner.
  • (Sculling) Rowing with two oars, one in each hand (an oar rigged on each side of the boat).
  • (Sculling) [Scullen, das] The paddle can be used to move the boat sideways (near vertical position of the paddle) or to support it against rolling (near horizontal position of the paddle) by sweeping its blade back and forth repeatedly edge on. ...
  • (Sculling) The participant rows with one oar in each hand.