bow oarsman

There was a loud cry from the pursuing boat, and the bow oarsman disappeared.

The bow oarsman caught Harold by the wrist.

There were also a number of specialists on board, such as the two bow oarsmen and the siphōnatores, who worked the siphons used for discharging the Greek fire.

"It really gets to be too much," said Mary Mackey, who lives on Bow Oarsman Road, next door to a house whose backyard was cleared and covered with sand and now features a volleyball net.

The bow oarsman in the lead craft, an enormous Native American in jungle fatigues, lifted a zapper and took aim just as Tony made up his mind to try a dash to his dinghy.

In other regions, the port side is referred to as stroke side, and the starboard side as bow side; this applies even if the stroke oarsman is rowing on bow side and/or the bow oarsman on stroke side.