rowlock

Senso (Inglese)

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).

Concetti

scalmo

forcella

scalmiera

sinonimi

oarlock

thole

tholepin

pin

oarlock

peg

thole-pine

crutch

🩼

gunnel

gunwale

bulwark

Traduzioni

tolet

dame

dame de nage

σκαρμός

sardinel

horquilla

tolete

forqueta

escálamo

tolete

Iskarmoz

clavilla

yarım ay ıskarmoz

piu

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɹoʊˌlɑk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese antico: ārlōc

In summary

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