Definitions for: Rowlock

[n] a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, thole, tholepin

See Also: dinghy, dory, holder, rowboat

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