oarlock
oarlock noun: a usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
Noun
oarlock (plural oarlocks)
- A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
- But, as luck would have it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make the trip.1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
- "No motor," Tranny says. "It snag bad."
Right. The spiderweb would get wrapped around the propeller. Tranny shows Hiro how to snap zodiac's oars into the oarlocks.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 361
- Synonyms:
- rowlock
oarlock meaning in Urdu and Tagalog
oarlock in Urdu
- پتوار کا سہارا
oarlock in Tagalog
- device to hold oars in place
- lulubungan
Synonyms of oarlock
Forms of oarlock
| plural | oarlocks |
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Origin of oarlock
From oar + lock.
Questions about oarlock
- What does oarlock mean?
- Oarlock means a usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
- What is oarlock in Urdu?
- Oarlock in Urdu is پتوار کا سہارا. See Oarlock meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is oarlock?
- Oarlock is a noun.
- What is the plural of oarlock?
- The plural of oarlock is oarlocks.
Words near oarlock in the dictionary
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