rowlock
Architecture. one of several concentric rings of masonry forming an arch.
a brick laid on edge, especially as a header.: Compare soldier (def. 7).
Chiefly British. oarlock.
Origin of rowlock
1- Also rollock (for defs. 1, 2).
Words Nearby rowlock
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How to use rowlock in a sentence
As Constans paddled out into the stream he heard the steady thumping of oars in rowlock.
The Doomsman | Van Tassel SutphenCarved, too, was the baling bowl, and the loom of the oar was carved in curving lines from rowlock leather to hand.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane | Charles W. WhistlerThen it won't slip out of the rowlock and sail off, leaving you to wait until somebody happens along to pick you up.
Ethel Morton at Chautauqua | Mabell S. C. SmithI bade her hand me hers, and she did it instantly, sliding it along to my rowlock and losing but a single stroke.
Carette of Sark | John OxenhamJoe noticed that the oars were muffled with sennit, and that even the rowlock sockets were protected with leather.
The Cruise of the Dazzler | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for rowlock
/ (ˈrɒlək) /
a swivelling device attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds an oar in place and acts as a fulcrum during rowing: Usual US and Canadian word: oarlock
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