bow oar

And what a mighty cheer rang out when she drew closer, and the man at the bow-oar stood up and cried, “Thank God, all saved!”

Turning to him who pulled the bow-oar: "Stop pullin' a bit, Tom," said he, "stop pullin'."

As it drew near, the figure of the man pulling the bow-oar seemed oddly familiar to me.

Amos pulled the bow-oar, and behind him was the tub with the line coiled away, and the harpoon bent on to it.