(n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.
Example Sentences:
(1) Power (WO) was calculated from the force applied to the oarlock pin (FC) and its angular displacement (theta H).
Rowlock
Definition:
(n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.
Example Sentences:
(1) He would bring back a gondolier's rowlock from Venice; he would haul hollowed logs or curious roots out of the river to lie on the lawn; he would explain the workings of the Japanese deer-scarer or he would arrange single branches of leaves or flowers, Japanese style, the better to admire the colour of the stems, the shape of the leaves, the streaks in the bark.
(2) A snifter of Clearsky’s Rowlock IPA, another popular local beer, was very citrusy on a lemon-lime axis and, if a bit too sweet, enjoyable.
(3) Give it a few more days and everyone will be talking rowlocks.