Category:Rowlock

Row"lock ( colloq., n. Etym: [for oarlock; as. *rloc, where the Second part is skin to g. loch a hole, e. lock a fastening. See oar, And lock.] (naut.)

Defn: a contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in Rowing. 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.