oarlock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oarlock	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for oarlock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oarlock n a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing Synonym(s): peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oarlock \Oar"lock`\ ([omac]r"l[ocr]k`), n. (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See {Rowlock}.