oar

Slap the water with your paddle, oar or hand.

It was their influence that led him to first pick up an oar at Castle Dore Rowing Club.

You must know that his sword was as wide as the oars of a boat and could cut down a galloping warhorse.

Next, using that remarkable, newly discovered tool, his rodent teeth, he made two long oars, or sweeps, which he placed in notches he had gnawed out for oarlocks.

Here, residents travel via boat and oar along miles of tree-lined canals, transporting flowers, vegetables and other products harvested on the artificial islands known as chinampas that were a mainstay of Aztec agriculture.