strokes man

[Eng. stroke, s., and man.] Rowing : The man who pulls the aftermost oar, and thus sets the time of the stroke to the rest of the crew; the stroke-oar. strōk-ings, *strōak-ings, s. pl. [STROKE, v.] The last milk drawn from a cow. ( Prov.) "The cook entertained me with choice bits, the dairymaid with stroakings."- Smollett : Roderick Random , ch. xl.