Oarlock
Definitions
A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
Equivalents
Examples
“But, as luck would have⟳ it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make⟳ the trip⟳.”
“"No motor," Tranny says. "It snag bad." Right. The spiderweb would get⟳ wrapped around the propeller. Tranny shows Hiro how to snap⟳ zodiac's oars into the oarlocks.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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