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4999_Basque
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4999_Basque asked in Cars & TransportationOther - Cars & Transportation · 2 decades ago

What is the nautical term for a seat in a row boat or dinghy?

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  • Kes
    Lv 7
    2 decades ago
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    You sit on the thwart of a rowboat, which runs athwart the boat, that is it runs transverse from side to side. The word also works for canoes too.

    Source(s): Been there; done that. Also see Webster.
  • desabol
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    athwartships

    The term is also used to refer to right angles to the centerline of the boat; across the ship or boatfrom side to side. Rowboat seats are generally athwartships.

    Source(s): Experience http://www.boattalk.com/dictionary/
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