score n Cp OED ~ sb 1 b naut.
1 A groove cut in the stern of a boat in which sculling oar is placed (1969 Nfld Qtly July, p. 20).
2 Comb score-hole: hole in stern of boat through which oar is worked in sculling or steering the craft.
T 70-641 An' they claims that he was steerin' the boat with a paddle on the quarter—no score-hole, a hole for to shove th' oar through. C 71-40 ~ a hole in the stern of a small boat or punt through [which] an oar is placed to scull or row.
