Paddle
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A paddle is a handheld tool with an elongated handle and a flat, widened end used as a lever to apply force onto the bladed end. It most commonly describes a completely handheld tool used to propel a
Team of the Boating Club de Canotage Otterburn using canoe paddles
The Duvensee wooden paddle from around 6.200 B.C.
A set of wing paddles
Oar
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An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end. Rowers grasp the oar at the other end.
Paddle
…propel a human-powered watercraft by pushing water in a direction opposite to the direction of travel (i.e. paddling). A paddle is different from an oar (which can be similar in shape and perform the same function via rowing) – an oar is attached to the watercraft via a fulcrum. The term "paddle" can…
Traditional wooden oars
A pair of carbon fibre sculling oars used for sport rowing
Trophy oars of the seven founding member clubs of the Remenham Club