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n. - A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.

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  • Jarred against the rowlock, it smashed the man's ribcage.
  • And upon the boat, clinging to that rowlock a veil belonging to her.
  • He broke a rowlock before he landed, and had to use the substitute we had hung beside it.
  • Some accident occurred, possibly the breaking of a rowlock, and they were carried into a rapid.
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