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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Rowlock (0.00879 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rowlock
rowlock
n : a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn:
peg,
pin,
thole,
tholepin,
oarlock]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rowlock
Rowlock
\Row"lock\ (? colloq. ?), n. [For oarlock; AS.
[hand]rloc, where the second part is skin to G. loch a hole,
E. lock a fastening. See
Oar, and
Lock.]
1. (Naut.) 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; same as
oarlock. [Chiefly Brit.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. One of the rings of masonry included in an arch having
more than one ring.
[PJC]
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