a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
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each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
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a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
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propel with sculls
<verb.motion> scull the boat
Scull \Scull\ (sk[u^]l), n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]
Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st {School}.] A shoal of fish. --Milton.
Scull \Scull\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash.] 1. (Naut.) (a) A boat; a cockboat. See {Sculler}. (b) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person. (c) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]
Scull \Scull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sculled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculling}.] (Naut.) To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.
Scull \Scull\, v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.