单词 | rowlock |
释义 | rowlock (once / 19064 pages) n WORD FAMILY rowlock: rowlocks USAGE EXAMPLESOn rowlock brick, like you see under your door threshold, the problem is even more severe because the mortar joints are facing the sky. Washington Post(Jul 26, 2016) My father hurriedly looked around for a pair but then, further off, saw a wooden "pram" dinghy, its oars still in its rowlocks. BBC(May 22, 2015) They scrambled to their places by the rowlocks and all in line dipped oars in the grey sea. Homer, The Odyssey(1961) 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, thole, tholepin holder a holding device |
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