scull Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
  2. noun each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
  3. noun a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
  4. verb propel with sculls
    • scull the boat

WordNet

Scull noun
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The skull. Obs.
Scull noun
Etymology
See 1st School.
Definitions
  1. A shoal of fish. Milton.
Scull noun
Etymology
Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) (a) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler. (b) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person. (c) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
  2. (Zoöl.) The common skua gull. Prov. Eng.
Scull transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sculled ; present participle & verbal noun Sculling
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.
Scull intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

Webster 1913