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Definition of Oarlock
1. Noun. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
Group relationships: Dinghy, Dory, Rowboat
Generic synonyms: Holder
Definition of Oarlock
1. n. The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.
Definition of Oarlock
1. Noun. A device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oarlock
1. a device for holding an oar in place [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oarlock
Literary usage of Oarlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... otherwise known as "swivel oars"—that is to say, the oarlock was so arranged
that when the oar was in position it was tight, the oarlock being fastened ..."
2. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"The hole for the oarlock socket is bored through both blocks, and when the plate
has been ... Two shorter screws hold the outer ends of the oarlock block. ..."
3. The First Year of Science by John Charles Hessler (1915)
"An oar is 7 ft. long, and the handle is 1 ft. from the oarlock. ... Would there
be any advantage in having the oar handle 2 ft. from the oarlock? 6. ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of Science: A First Course in Science for High by Wayne Prescott Smith, Edmund Gale Jewett (1918)
"The oar is held by an oarlock which allows both hands to work one oar or two.
... The oarlock is the fulcrum. The distance from the oarlock to the center of ..."
5. Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the by Frank Place (1860)
"... Klin* oarlock, Johannes George Smidt, and William Fox; and Juhn Lawyer, who
came goon after, is supposed to have been the seventh. ..."
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