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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rowlock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rowlock.html. 1828.
 
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