Oarlock
['ɔːlɒk]
Definition
(n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.
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Examples
- For sound, whether it be the noise of an oarlock or a companion’s casual remark, can be heard more than four times as easily by the fish in the water beneath than it can up above in the air. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then I rowed and listened to the oarlocks and the dip and scrape of the bailing tin under the stern seat. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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