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paddles


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Preferred Term

paddles

Details

Short slender shafts usually with a handle at one end and a flat round-tipped blade at the other used in a vertical manner to propel small boats; may be double-ended; for longer but similar devices with flat-tipped blades, use "oars."

Variations

paddles (watercraft equipment)

pagaie

paddle

pagaies

Broader Term

watercraft equipment

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