rowlock

English

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Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: rŭ'lək, IPA: /ˈrʌlək/, X-SAMPA: /"rVl@k/
• (RP) enPR: rŏ'lək, IPA: /ˈrɒlək/, X-SAMPA: /"rQl@k/
• (US) enPR: rä'lək, IPA: /ˈrɑlək/, X-SAMPA: /"rAl@k/

Noun

rowlock (plural rowlocks)

1. (nautical, chiefly UK) a pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US).
   • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII

     I took a good gap and a stretch, and was just going to unhitch and start when I heard a sound away over the water. I listened. Pretty soon I made it out. It was that dull kind of a regular sound that comes from oars working in rowlocks when it's a still night.

Translations

support for an oar

• Dutch: dol (nl) m
• Finnish: hankain (fi)

• Russian: уклю́чина (ru) (ukljúčina) f