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Meanings of rowlock in English
Usage of rowlock in English
1
Not one failed to ship his oar, or drop it into the rowlock.
2
The rowlock here's unsteady, can I just knock it in with the oar?
3
Harwood was the first ter hear the clatter ov en oar slippin' in a rowlock.
4
Some accident occurred, possibly the breaking of a rowlock, and they were carried into a rapid.
5
Then, without any command, you will ship the oar; in other words, drop the loom into the rowlock.
6
Someone had neglected to slip this piece of wood into the rowlock which held me by the foot.
7
But I set the steering oar in the sculling rowlock aft, and did what I could in that way.
8
Joe noticed that the oars were muffled with sennit, and that even the rowlock sockets were protected with leather.
9
Fortunately a blacksmith was found outside the village, who promised to repair the broken rowlock early upon the following morning.
10
Carved, too, was the baling bowl, and the loom of the oar was carved in curving lines from rowlock leather to hand.
11
Inside the usual rowlock a heavy ring was hung, kept in place by strong set-screws, but allowing full play in every direction.
12
When naval cutters are under sail the rowlock fittings are filled up with a piece of wood, which corresponds to the fitting.
13
There was the creaking sound of an oar, some squeaking from a rowlock, and then he saw the boat moving away from land.
14
I bade her hand me hers, and she did it instantly, sliding it along to my rowlock and losing but a single stroke.
15
Somebody had oiled the rowlocks, which no longer squeaked like awkward children.
16
By and by came a pleasant sound-oarsmoving in a boat's rowlocks.
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