rowlock

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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).

Έννοιες

σκαρμός

κουπαστή

Συνώνυμα

oarlock

thole

tholepin

pin

oarlock

peg

thole-pine

crutch

🩼

gunnel

gunwale

bulwark

Μεταφράσεις

scalmo

tolet

dame

sardinel

horquilla

dame de nage

dol

tolete

forqueta

escálamo

tolete

Iskarmoz

clavilla

yarım ay ıskarmoz

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈɹoʊˌlɑk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: ārlōc

In summary

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