rowlock

Signification (Anglais)

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).

Concepts

tolet

dame

dame de nage

épingle

Dame de nage

Synonymes

oarlock

thole

tholepin

pin

oarlock

peg

thole-pine

crutch

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gunnel

gunwale

bulwark

Traductions

scalmo

sardinel

σκαρμός

horquilla

scalmiera

dol

tolete

forqueta

escálamo

tolete

Iskarmoz

clavilla

yarım ay ıskarmoz

piu

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹoʊˌlɑk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de ancien anglais: ārlōc

In summary

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