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  • noun Plural form of oarlock.

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Examples

  • I've put permanent oarlocks on both my 16-footer and my 11-foot "pack" canoe.

    The Joys of Kayak Fishing 2009

  • I've put permanent oarlocks on both my 16-footer and my 11-foot "pack" canoe.

    The Joys of Kayak Fishing 2009

  • This one has three sets of oarlocks for rowing around the lake.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • With a laugh, he said Hussey has a lot to learn – he could use different oarlocks, for instance – but that he should be able to make do.

    Nat Hussey: Maine Lobsterman Pulls Traps By Hand For 'Zero-Carbon Lobster Harvesting' 2010

  • They think the hindrance a mud-flat at first but soon hear the sound of oarlocks, then two men in a boat shoot under their stern: foreign looking fellows with knitted tam-o'-shanters, bright woolen sashes, sea-boots, earrings, long knives — "For all the world they were like pirates stepped out of the pages of romance."

    “And must I. . .who am weary, travel always your trail until I die?” 2008

  • It also had two sets of oars, and oarlocks bow and stern, but Alice and Ian decided to share one set, and sat side by side on the rear bench.

    Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

  • With a heavy sigh I brought the oars to a halt, unlocked the oarlocks, and stowed the oars along the gunwales.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • I had two spare oars, as well as a spare rowing seat and spare oarlocks—but I was surprised and concerned that the oar seemed to have broken so easily.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • I had been storing my spare oars in the “guardrail” position, so that the shaft of the oar served as a barrier along the side of the cockpit, but there was no easy place for my main set of oars to be stowed clear of the oarlocks.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • It is the oarlocks properly balanced in the rowboat; the farmer understanding the soil; the wedding planner reading the mind of the bride to be.

    Liz Neumark: Keyless Ignition; Automobile Karma for Living 2009

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