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rowlock

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row⋅lock

  [roh-lok; for 3 also Naut. rol-uhk, ruhl-]
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–noun
1. Architecture. one of several concentric rings of masonry forming an arch.
2. a brick laid on edge, esp. as a header. Compare soldier (def. 7).
3. Chiefly British. oarlock.
Also, rollock (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1740–50; var. of oarlock; see row 2

oar⋅lock

  [awr-lok, ohr-]
–noun
any of various devices providing a pivot for an oar in rowing, esp. a swiveling, crutchlike or ringlike metal device projecting above a gunwale.
Also called rowlock.

Origin:
bef. 1100; ME orlok, OE ārloc. See oar, lock 1
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row·lock   (rō'lŏk', rŏl'ək)   
n.   Chiefly British
An oarlock.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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