Propulsion of a boat by oars, either by one rower with two oars (sculling) or by crews (two, four, or eight persons) with one oar each, often with a coxswain. Major events include the world championship, first held 1962 for men and 1974 for women, and the Boat Race (between England's Oxford and Cambridge universities), first held 1829.
Doggett’s Coat and Badge 1715, begun for Thames watermen and also the first English race, still survives. Rowing as a sport began with the English Leander Club 1817, followed by the Castle Garden boat club, US, 1834.
In the US the Harvard–Yale boat race is held on the Thames at New London, Connecticut, and National Championships are held annually.

The act of rowing as a sport; SYN. row.

(British) A rowboat.

A club for person who row.

An exercise machine that simulates the action of rowing