Row"lock (? colloq. &?;), n. [For
oarlock; AS. &fist;rloc, where the second part is skin
to G. loch a hole, E. lock a fastening. See Oar,
and Lock.] (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.
Row"lock (? colloq. &?;), n. [For
oarlock; AS. &fist;rloc, where the second part is skin
to G. loch a hole, E. lock a fastening. See Oar,
and Lock.] (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.
