| 单词 | tholepin |
| 释义 | tholepin (once / 738707 pages) n WORD FAMILY tholepin: tholepins USAGE EXAMPLESMost distinct of all comes the regular sound of oars against the tholepins or rowlocks of a boat moving on the lake many fields away. Jefferies, Richard, The Gamekeeper At Home—Sketches of...(2011) One oar, the tholepins, and the ballast bags have not yet been found. Reynolds, Stephen Sydney, A Poor Man's House(2010) Jamming his torch into the clutch of one of the tholepins, he seized the rifle and shot a quick glance ahead of him. Burleigh, Cyril, The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island(2010) n a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing Syn|Hyper oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, thole holder a holding device |
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