Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rowlock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rowlock \Row"lock\ (? colloq. ?), n. [For oarlock; AS.
[hand]rloc, where the second part is skin to G. loch a hole,
E. lock a fastening. See {Oar}, and {Lock}.] (Naut.)
A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar
in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of
a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar
rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin
passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup
pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rowlock
n : a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: {peg},
{pin}, {thole}, {tholepin}, {oarlock}]
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