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Aligner's hut: A hut near ground level on the starting line occupied by the starting judge and an official called the aligner.

Back splash: Spray kicked up towards the bow of a boat, created as the oar enters the water while still travelling towards the bow on the recovery.

Bow: The forward section of a boat.

Bowman: The oarsman who sits nearest the bow of a boat.

Bowside: All the oarsmen whose oars are in the water on the left side of the shell when facing the stern.

Bucket: A system of rigging where two consecutive oarsmen row the same side.

Canvas: The narrowing part of a boat between the bowman and the actual bow of the boat or between the coxswain and the stern, originally covered in canvas.

Catch: The act of the oar initially engaging the water during rowing.

Catch a crab: To make a faulty stroke, such as one where the blade either enters the water at a wrong angle and sinks too deep or is held at the wrong angle and fails to enter the water at all.

Check: An abrupt change in the rate of deceleration caused by pressure on the foot plate where the oarsmen's feet are fixed without simultaneous pressure on the metal rod where the oarlock is mounted.

Check it down: An emergency command to stop the boat by jamming the oars into the water to create massive drag.

Course: The competition area in the water for rowing.

Cox: Short for "coxswain", the person who steers the boat.

Coxless: With no coxswain.

Coxswain: The helmsman of a racing shell.

Deck: The areas of a shell at the bow and stern.

Dig deep: To put an oar deep into the water, resulting in a loss of power; also called "knife in".

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