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Oarlock   /ˈɔrlˌɑk/   Listen
Oarlock

noun
1.
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.  Synonyms: peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin.





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"Oarlock" Quotes from Famous Books



... best to get back to the hotel at once, and tell Mr. Mallison of his suspicions. But, as luck would have it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make ...
— Joe The Hotel Boy • Horatio Alger Jr.


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