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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: before 12th century a usually U-shaped device for holding an oar in place

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. US a rowlock.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oarlock Oar"lock` ([=o]r"l[o^]k`), n. (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(oarlocks) The oarlocks on a rowing boat are the U-shaped pieces of metal that keep the oars in position while you move them backwards and forwards. (AM; in BRIT, use rowlock) N-COUNT