Crossword clues for oarlock
oarlock
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oarlock \Oar"lock`\ ([=o]r"l[o^]k`), n. (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot. Same as Rowlock[1].
Syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
WordNet
Usage examples of "oarlock".
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.
Not wanting no scrap with him that day, I took the other ankle, but when we hauled on her, her head went under and her skirt hitched high on the oarlock coming in, and we seen the white thighs and hair and sex of her, and swollen belly.
Seating himself, he took up an oar and shoved it into an oarlock, then awaited commands.
The sharpshooter farther down the corridor was a machinist by trade, and had built a squat tripod with a swiveling oarlock on top.
It was into this oarlock that he would slip his rifle if trouble came.
I will test the men with a challenge, tell them all to crowd the oarlocks, cut and run in their ships.
Hellespont that swarms with fish, my crews manning the oarlocks, rowing out with a will, and if the famed god of the earthquake grants us safe passage, 440 the third day out we raise the dark rich soil of Phthia.
They fitted them into the oarlocks and pulled hard, while the tillermen steered them back toward the center of the river.
The oars, several of which were broken off short, had been drawn in and stuck upright in holes by the oarlocks, and nearly formed a fence around the deck.
The other mariners also dropped flat, and the ones in the water, peeking now through the oarlocks, whimpered in the clutch of real awe.
They fitted them into the oarlocks and pulled hard, while the tillermen steered them back toward the center of the river.
Soon he had a craft with a canvas rudder operated by the chain, a central basin large enough for a lying centaur, and oarlocks for six big feathers.
He sat down on the center thwart and Doyle heard the oarlocks rattle as he took up the oars.
For a minute or two both craft maintained their interval as they knifed and lumbered through the water, and the oarlocks clacked in the same rhythm as Jacky's desperate panting.
The oars, several of which were broken off short, had been drawn in and stuck upright in holes by the oarlocks, and nearly formed a fence around the deck.