Definitions for rowlock

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rowlock row·lock

Spelling: [roh-lok; for 3 also Nautical rol- Rowlock is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in rowlock (ckloorw).

Definitions for rowlock

noun

1. Architecture. one of several concentric rings of masonry forming an arch.
2. a brick laid on edge, especially as a header. Compare soldier (def 7).
3. Chiefly British. oarlock.

Origin of rowlock

1740-50; variant of oarlock; see row²

Examples for rowlock

The thole-pins should stand absolutely straight from the sill of the rowlock.

Hillers, with only one rowlock, could not use his oars, so the work devolved entirely on me.

As Constans paddled out into the stream he heard the steady thumping of oars in rowlock.

Yesterday he was complaining that his rowlock was too high, and he had leave to lower it accordingly.

She now took the other oar from the rowlock, and was about to rise, when the bishop shouted to her.

Tie your handkerchief round that rowlock, and I'll tie mine round this.

Not one failed to ship his oar, or drop it into the rowlock.

(The word boat includes the ship, crew, and oars, if in rowlock).

Then, without any command, you will ship the oar; in other words, drop the loom into the rowlock.

The tongues are in glass jars which you can break with a stone or a rowlock.