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oarlocks

oarlocks is the plural of oarlock.

Meaning of oarlock

Noun

oarlock (plural oarlocks)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    rowlock

Questions about oarlocks

What is oarlocks the plural of?
Oarlocks is the plural of oarlock.

Words near oarlocks in the dictionary

  1. oaritis
  2. oarless
  3. oarlessness
  4. oarlike
  5. oarlock
  6. oarlocks
  7. oarlop
  8. oarlops
  9. oarman
  10. oarmen
  11. Oaro

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