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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rowlock  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rowlock 
  n  :  a  device  attached  to  the  gunwale  of  a  boat  that  holds  the 
  oar  in  place  and  acts  as  a  fulcrum  for  rowing  [syn:  {peg}, 
  {pin},  {thole},  {tholepin},  {oarlock}] 




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