rowlock

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ıskarmoz
i., İng. kürek ıskarmozu, ıskarmoz
(isim) ıskarmoz
yarım ay ıskarmoz
plural of rowlock
ıskarmoz çoğul
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
a pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US)

I took a good gap and a stretch, and was just going to unhitch and start when I heard a sound away over the water. I listened. Pretty soon I made it out. It was that dull kind of a regular sound that comes from oars working in rowlocks when it's a still night.

A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing
A brick laid on its face edge horizontally so that the face is visible in the wall
a pivot attached to the gunwale of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock
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
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
The rowlocks on a rowing boat are the U-shaped pieces of metal that keep the oars in position while you move them backwards and forwards. one of the U-shaped pieces of metal that holds the oars of a rowing boat (row + O-lock% (as in oarlock))
Another name for the oarlock
A brick laid on its edge (face)
rowlock arch
an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs
A rowlock
thowel
A rowlock
thowl
rowlocks
plural of rowlock
rowlock

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    row·lock

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    [ 'rä-l&k, 'r&-; 'r ] (noun.) circa 1750. probably by alteration.
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