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noun
Rowlock  n.  
1.
(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; same as oarlock. (Chiefly Brit.)
2.
One of the rings of masonry included in an arch having more than one ring.





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"Rowlock" Quotes from Famous Books



... took Pete's place, seized the oar that was swinging from the rowlock, and began to pull so as to keep the boat from ...
— Through Forest and Stream - The Quest of the Quetzal • George Manville Fenn
... know whether he's asleep, or has fainted, or what. He's awful white, an' there's an ugly cut in his shoulder, an' his coat all torn away. Must have hurt himself tryin' to right his boat, I guess. George! the iron on the rowlock must have struck right ...
— The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems • Frances Fuller Victor
... pull with a strength which, had it been suitably paired with skill, would have made her an excellent amateur oarswoman. But the place of skill was supplied by enthusiasm and determination. Once or twice an oar slipped from the rowlock and she nearly went over backward, and several times one of the blades got under the water with the flat side up, so that she had difficulty in getting it out. She raised her oars much too high in the air, but she counterbalanced this by sinking them very deep into ...
— The Associate Hermits • Frank R. Stockton
... began to row, using infinite care lest creaking rowlock or splashing blade betray him. Gradually he drew out of the cove, and there was less need of caution. As he rounded Brimstone Point he cast one last, long look at the cabin, square and ...
— Jim Spurling, Fisherman - or Making Good • Albert Walter Tolman
... the Race on his boat's nose, the small boy drew in his oar without ever looking round, dropped it into the rowlock, fitted the other oar, and bent his sturdy back ...
— Carette of Sark • John Oxenham


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