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Rowlock - What does it mean?

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rowlock

English

(wikipedia rowlock)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

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