Jarred against the rowlock, it smashed the man's ribcage. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
And upon the boat, clinging to that rowlock a veil belonging to her. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
He broke a rowlock before he landed, and had to use the substitute we had hung beside it. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
Some accident occurred, possibly the breaking of a rowlock, and they were carried into a rapid. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
The rowlock would be simply a notched stick, and he would row with one long oar, pushing swiftly along. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Shipping his oars, he began to row, using infinite care lest creaking rowlock or splashing blade betray him. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Inside the usual rowlock a heavy ring was hung, kept in place by strong set-screws, but allowing full play in every direction. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
Then Ludvig's rowlock snapped and he caught a crab. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of My Childhood and Youth] Reference
Not one failed to ship his oar, or drop it into the rowlock. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton] Reference
She took a rowlock and shattered the jar which held the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Priscilla's Spies] Reference
The tongues are in glass jars which you can break with a stone or a rowlock. From Wordnik.com. [Priscilla's Spies] Reference
“Jonathan — do you know — I do believe — my rowlock socket is working loose.”. From Wordnik.com. [More Jonathan Papers] Reference
As Constans paddled out into the stream he heard the steady thumping of oars in rowlock. From Wordnik.com. [The Doomsman] Reference
But I set the steering oar in the sculling rowlock aft, and did what I could in that way. From Wordnik.com. [A Sea Queen's Sailing] Reference
Someone had neglected to slip this piece of wood into the rowlock which held me by the foot. From Wordnik.com. [From Lower Deck to Pulpit] Reference
Hillers, with only one rowlock, could not use his oars, so the work devolved entirely on me. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of the Colorado River] Reference
Then, without any command, you will ship the oar; in other words, drop the loom into the rowlock. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton] Reference
She now took the other oar from the rowlock, and was about to rise, when the bishop shouted to her. From Wordnik.com. [The Associate Hermits] Reference
& Taylor used rowlock-bond brickwork to create a very thin, strong, and economical load-bearing exterior. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
I bade her hand me hers, and she did it instantly, sliding it along to my rowlock and losing but a single stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Carette of Sark] Reference
Joe noticed that the oars were muffled with sennit, and that even the rowlock sockets were protected with leather. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Dazzler] Reference
Carved, too, was the baling bowl, and the loom of the oar was carved in curving lines from rowlock leather to hand. From Wordnik.com. [Wulfric the Weapon Thane] Reference
When naval cutters are under sail the rowlock fittings are filled up with a piece of wood, which corresponds to the fitting. From Wordnik.com. [From Lower Deck to Pulpit] Reference
He dropped his oar into the rowlock and Graeme took the other, and in five minutes they were speeding across the sands of Grande. From Wordnik.com. [Pearl of Pearl Island] Reference
One rowlock-strap, fourpence. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
"Shank of a rowlock," said Priscilla. From Wordnik.com. [Priscilla's Spies] Reference
In order to the rowlock lashed his oar. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles] Reference
Over the fitted rowlock looped his oar. From Wordnik.com. [Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays] Reference
The rattle of rowlock, the rush of the oar. From Wordnik.com. [Mae Madden] Reference
Fitted his oar-blade to the steady rowlock. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III] Reference
Brick Work stretcher rowlock header sailor. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Turkish rowlock. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
| row-lock rowlock |. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
"Broken an oar, probably, or lost a rowlock. From Wordnik.com. [The Merryweathers] Reference
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