Definition of "watermanship" [wa•ter•man•ship]

• Skill in swimming and propelling oneself through the water. (noun)

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• "The reason for this lack of watermanship is partly due to the difficulty in coaching otherwise than from the stern of a boat, there being no towing path on which the coach can ride or run alongside his men, as is done at Oxford or Cambridge, while the hire of launches is too expensive."
• "And as for the tugboat-skipper, he sat and watched his companion, and resolved that, after all, there were a few things he did not know about watermanship."
• "Even more perfect was it, by reason of its gravelly bottom, for another form of watermanship."