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Oarlock vs Earlock - What's the difference?

oarlock | earlock |

As nouns the difference between oarlock and earlock

is that oarlock is a device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing while earlock is a lock of curly hair worn by the ear, often by Jewish men for religious reasons.

oarlock

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
  • * 1906: Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Joe_the_Hotel_Boy/Chapter_XI]
    • 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 the trip.

    Synonyms

    * (UK) rowlock

    earlock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lock of curly hair worn by the ear, often by Jewish men for religious reasons.

    • See also

    *payot