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Rowlock

noun
1.
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.  Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, thole, tholepin.



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"Rowlock" Quotes from Famous Books



... look sweet at the moment," replied Jones, gazing with a grim sort of amusement at Montgomery as the latter released his oar from the rowlock and stepped out of the boat, his handsome clean-cut face sadly marred by an undeniably ...
— Two Daring Young Patriots - or, Outwitting the Huns • W. P. Shervill

... pair, while French Pete steered. Joe noticed that the oars were muffled with sennit, and that even the rowlock sockets were protected with leather. It was impossible to make a noise except by a mis-stroke, and Joe had learned to row on Lake Merrit well enough to avoid that. They followed in the wake of the first boat, and, glancing aside, he ...
— The Cruise of the Dazzler • Jack London



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