Definitions
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Word origin
An alteration, based on row, of earlier oarlock, from Old English ārlōc, equivalent to oar + lock.
Used in a sentence
“Everything smelled salt and there was no noise except the swishing of water and the clop-clop of water against the sides and the splash of the oars and the jolting noise of the rowlocks.”
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01“Oar holder”7 letters
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