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oarlock
Part of speech: NounA U- shaped ring in which the oar rests in rowing.
Usage examples "oarlock":- " Take one of these oars," called the mate sharply, as he spoke rising with difficulty from his seat and placing one oar in another oarlock. - "The Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island", Ross Kay.
- " Like an oarlock creaking," she told herself, " yet who would be out there at this time of night?" - "The Blue Envelope", Roy J. Snell.