rowlock

American  

[roh-lok, rol-uhk, ruhl-] / ˈroʊˌlɒk, ˈrɒl ək, ˈrʌl- /

noun

1. Architecture. one of several concentric rings of masonry forming an arch.

2. a brick laid on edge, especially as a header.

3. Chiefly British. oarlock.

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rowlock British  

/ ˈrɒlək /

noun

1. Usual US and Canadian word: oarlock.  a swivelling device attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds an oar in place and acts as a fulcrum during rowing

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Etymology

Origin of rowlock

1740–50; variant of oarlock; see row ²

Example Sentences

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rowlock

Bono had, through his exertions—the boat being well nigh intractable, now swamped—snapped off the rowlock and a stave of the gunwale, wet with rot.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The thole-pins should stand absolutely straight from the sill of the rowlock.

From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers

If a man sits square, with correct oar, rowlock, and stretcher, he does not naturally screw.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

Oar′lap, a rabbit with its ears standing out at right-angles to the head; Oar′-lock, a rowlock; Oars′man, one who rows with an oar; Oars′manship, skill in rowing.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

They are fixed to the rowlock peg by leather thongs, which the boatman continually greases.

From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Millingen, Julius R. Van