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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

rowlock, a U-shaped space cut in a boat's gunwale or transom to take an oar. In the past, when the boat was under sail, or secured alongside, the rowlocks were closed with shutters, or poppets as they were sometimes called. The word rowlock is now used, though wrongly, to describe the metal crutches used for oars in rowing boats. See also thole pin.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

rowlock XVIII. alt., by substitution of ROW2 for the first syll., of oarlock, OE. ārloc, f. ār OAR + loc fastening, LOCK2.

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rowlock

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

rowlock ˈrōˌläk n. chiefly Brit. an oarlock.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

rowlock •elegiac • Newark • Lubbock •Caradoc, haddock, paddock, shaddock •Marduk • piddock • Norfolk • Suffolk •charlock •hillock, pillock •lilac •ballock, pollack, pollock, rowlock •bullock • hammock •hummock, slummock, stomach •bannock, Zanuck •Kilmarnock • Greenock • monarch •eunuch •arrack, barrack, Baruch, carrack •cassock, hassock •tussock • Taoiseach • mattock •buttock, futtock •havoc • bulwark • wazzock • Isaac

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	The Olympics 2004: Rowing: GOLDEN ROWLOCKS; Tears as King Pin snatches title... Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 8/22/2004
	Red Nose Day 2001: Never mind the rowlocks.(Features) Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/22/2001
	Victor Lewis-Smith Column: RIVER RITUAL IS JUST ROWLOCKS.(Features) Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 6/29/2002