rowlock

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (British) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.
2. A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically with its tallest but slimmest side facing down, and its shortest face facing the outside of the wall (oriented so that it is taller than it is wide).

Konzepte

Dolle

Synonyme

oarlock

thole

tholepin

pin

oarlock

peg

thole-pine

crutch

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gunnel

gunwale

bulwark

Übersetzungen

scalmo

tolet

dame

dame de nage

sardinel

σκαρμός

horquilla

tolete

forqueta

escálamo

tolete

Iskarmoz

clavilla

yarım ay ıskarmoz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɹoʊˌlɑk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Altenglisch: ārlōc

In summary

An alteration, based on row, of earlier oarlock, from Old English ārlōc, equivalent to oar + lock.