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单词 oarlock
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oarlockn.

Brit. /ˈɔːlɒk/, U.S. /ˈɔrˌlɑk/
Forms: see oar n. and lock n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oar n., lock n.2
Etymology: < oar n. + lock n.2 In later use perhaps after rowlock n.1
Now chiefly North American.
= rowlock n.1 In early use: †an oar-hole (obsolete).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > rowlock
oarlockOE
lock1743
rowlock1743
OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 288 Columbaria, arlocu.
a1350 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25012) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 194 De chescun batel ovesqes orloks [c1436 BL Add. 25011 Of a bote with orlokys], j d.
1419 in H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis (1859) I. 375 (MED) Et si navigat in thollis, dabit obolum, et si navigat in horlok, unum denarium.
1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 85 Euery little Ship with orelocks [paid] a peny.
1839 in J. W. Barber & H. Howe Our Whole Country (1861) I. 303 He forthwith directed one of his trusty shipmasters..to have the oar-locks well muffled to prevent noise.
1863 N.Y. Herald 6 Jan. When the boat was stove and rendered unfit for service, oarlocks broken, [the coxswain] declared he..would go to the Monitor even if he had to scull the boat.
1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 85 Both may row, if two sets of oarlock-seats are provided.
1940 Sci. Monthly 51 45/1 The long oars for ease of manipulation have outrigger oarlocks.
1993 Beaver Feb. 7/2 His boat was rendered unmanageable at midstream by a broken oarlock and a cowardly pilot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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