Oarlock

(n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

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• For sound, whether it be the noise of an oarlock or a companion’s casual remark, can be heard more than four times as easily by the fish in the water beneath than it can up above in the air. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then I rowed and listened to the oarlocks and the dip and scrape of the bailing tin under the stern seat. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

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