rowlock
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America, British) enPR: rŭ'lək, IPA: /ˈɹʌlək/
- (RP) enPR: rŏ'lək, IPA: /ˈɹɒlək/
- (America) enPR: rä'lək, IPA: /ˈɹɑlək/
rowlock (plural rowlocks)
- (nautical, chiefly, British) 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.
- 1951', C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 8,
- Everything smelled salt and there was no noise except the swishing of water and the clop-clop of water against the sides and the splash of the oars and the jolting noise of the rowlocks.
- Synonyms: oarlock, thole, tholepin, thowel
- 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII
- French: dame de nage, tolet
- German: Dolle
- Italian: scalmo
- Russian: уклю́чина
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