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Definition of Rowlock
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 Rowlock
1. n. A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.
Definition of Rowlock
1. Noun. (nautical mostly 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 (qualifier mostly US). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rowlock
1. an oarlock [n -S] - See also: oarlock
Medical Definition of Rowlock
1. A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar. Origin: For oarlock; AS. Rloc, where the second part is skin to G. Loch a hole, E. Lock a fastening. See Oar, and Lock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowlock
Literary usage of Rowlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marine Engineer and Naval Architect edited by [Anonymus AC02767386] (1886)
"BROWN AND PAINE'S PATENT BOAT rowlock. WE illustrate herewith a very ingenious,
yet neat and simple, device for permitting a rowlock to be unshipped while ..."
2. On the Zoological Position of Texas by Edward Drinker Cope (1880)
"Equipped with this rowlock a six or four oared shell passes through an opening
... Raising a rowlock with the common outrigger is a half hour's trouble with ..."
3. The Rob Roy on the Baltic: A Canoe Cruise Through Norway, Sweden, Denmark by John MacGregor (1867)
"Old rowlock—Foam—Isles of Denmark—Lollipops—Back doors. THE shore was thronged
again with gazers, many of whom had seen us start in the morning; ..."
4. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1820)
"rowlock. By WALLOP BRABAZON, Esq. of Ireland. With an Engraving. ... I REQUEST
that you will lay before the Society of Arts, &c. the rowlock which ..."
5. Pugsley's New Guide to the United States Local Inspectors Examination of by Richard Mariotte Pugsley (1917)
"... oar and rowlock, 1 steering oar, with rowlock or becket, 2 boat hooks, 1
bailer, 1 bucket; ... rowlock ..."
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