oarlock
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oarlock
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From oar + lock.
noun oarlocks
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A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
But, as luck would have it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make the trip.
Similar: rowlock
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Talk about this word "oarlock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oarlock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oarlock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oarlock "oarlock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oarlock.
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@misc{oarlock_2026,
title = {oarlock},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oarlock},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
