many-oared

Updated: June 3, 2025

There was not, at the best of times, much of the noble or heroic in their raids, which generally took the nature of lying in wait with well-armed, many-oared vessels, for unarmed, unwieldy merchantmen which were becalmed, or were outpaced by sail and oar together.

Budgett Meakin - Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond