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Oarlock   /ˈɔrlˌɑk/   Listen
noun
Oarlock  n.  (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot. Same as Rowlock (1).
Synonyms: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock.






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"Oarlock" Quotes from Famous Books



... best to get back to the hotel at once, and tell Mr. Mallison of his suspicions. But, as luck would have it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make ...
— Joe The Hotel Boy • Horatio Alger Jr.

... by the clock when the boats began to move, and slowly we ranged down the stream, silently steered, carried by the current. No paddle, no creaking oarlock, broke the stillness. I was in the next boat to the General's, for, with Clark and twenty-two other volunteers to the forlorn hope, I was to show the way up the heights, and we were near to his person for over two hours that night. No moon was shining, but ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker



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