What is "paddles"

Usage examples of "paddles".

Moreover, when moving at night, each canoe’s paddles kept the exact rhythm of that of the lead canoe.

This gave us, altogether, a total of eight paddles, not counting two which were lost, floated away, for there were two paddles, extra paddles, tied in the canoe.

It is quite common, of course, for a war canoe or raiders’ canoe to carry extra paddles, a sensible precaution against the loss of one or more of these essential levers.

Indeed, even a canoe which is not one of war or raiding may carry extra paddles, particularly if it is to be propelled through turbulent waters.

Ayari, seizing one of the paddles, and I, then moved the canoe forward.

They went back down the grade some hundred yards to gather up the paddles and sacks, and roped bundles, which contained our various goods.

We then lifted our paddles and lent our strengths to the task at hand.

The girls, Janice, Alice and Tende, with the paddles and supplies, accompanied us.

Janice, Alice and Tende, wading, placed the paddles and supplies in the canoe, and then, entering the narrow vessel, assumed their places.

Kisu had placed the finishing touches on the new paddles, making them fit, in grip and weight, for Turgus and the two new slaves, the blond who had been the leader of the talunas and the dark-haired girl, who had been her second in command.

The carrying of an extra paddle, or paddles, as I may have mentioned, is a not uncommon precaution on the river.

They had placed their paddles across the canoe and, weary, were bending over them.

Next he jumped to any lesser canoe showing paddles, and collected them too.

Furthermore, the men from his tribe would shortly find other paddles with which to activate their canoes, and pursuit would be inevitable.

Then he lashed to the struts all hunting gear and one of his remaining paddles, against the chance that the one he was using might be swept away, and with the reassuring knowledge that he risked no more in going forward than he would in turning back, he drove his canoe into the turbulence.