rowlockn.¹

Brit.

/ˈrɒlək/,

/ˈrəʊlɒk/, U.S.

/ˈroʊˌlɑk/

Forms:

α. 1700s rowluck, 1700s– rowlock.

β. 1700s– rullock, 1800s– rollock.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row v.¹, lock n.²

Etymology: < row v.¹ + lock n.² Compare earlier oarlock n. Compare also earlier thole n.¹The β. forms reflect the more common British pronunciation; for similar reduced forms in nautical language compare e.g. the β. forms at gunwale n. and the β. forms at treenail n.

A structure on the gunwale of a boat, forming a fulcrum for the oar in rowing and consisting usually of a notch, a rounded fork, or two tholes (thole n.¹ 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > rowlock

oarlockOE

lock1743

rowlock1743

α.

1743 E. Stone tr. H. Pitot Theory Working of Ships viii. 68 The most advantageous Length to be given to the Shank, or Part of the Oar from the Rowlock [Fr. l'Apostis], or Point upon which the Oar turns, to the Middle of the Blade.

1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 138 Rowlucks, are spaces left on the Gunwale, where two Thoals are let in at such a Distance from each other, as to admit the Oar, at the End of the Loom to lie on, for rowing the Boat.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Oar In large vessels, this station is usually called the row-port; but in lighters and boats it is always termed the row-lock.

1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 29 The rowlock is composed of 3 parts; the thouel, against which you row; the stopper which is opposite to it; and the filling on which the oar rests.

1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 107 The regular sound of oars against the tholepins or rowlocks of a boat.

1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xi. 235 Long afternoons..listening to the rhythmical and satisfying ker-klunk of the rowlocks.

1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe v. 222 His toes touched vibrant wood, a thwart, rowlocks, then he lost the boat again in a rising souse of sea.

2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins iii. 15 The men..would set about organising..the rowlocks and oars for Sieve, and the..rugs for our picnic.

β. 1763 J. Robson Brit. Mars i. 2 The Thowles or Rullocks must be so placed, that the Purchase of the Oars may be taken at least a Foot without the Gunnel.1821 P. B. Shelley Let. 19 Apr. (1964) II. 286 The rullock or place for the oar,..ought to be nearer to the mast.1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xviii. 317 We distinctly heard..the rumble of the rollocks.1864 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies: Assyria vii. 177 Assyrian vessels had no rullocks.1903 H. C. Clifford Free Lance of To-day xi. 93 The boats vanished round the bend, and the noise of the oars in the rullocks died away.1947 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 7 June 19/2 (advt.) One v-bottom row boat in good condition with oars and rollocks.2008 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Apr. 34 Harris bellows a predictable imprecation when struggling to insert his oars in their rollocks.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as rowlock board, rowlock filling, rowlock-leather, rowlock strake, etc.

ΚΠ

1774 London Mag. Nov. 544/2 In the canoe, was one of the cutter's rowlock boards.

1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 18 You've a rowlock-leather round your eye!

1844 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 3) sig. Y2 Rowlock Lashings (1-inch).

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 106 Chocks, or Rowlock Chocks of Boats, are a sort of cleat, fastened on the gunwale to support the tholes.

1851 Rep. Comm. appointed to examine Life-boat Models App. 41/1 The boat has 5 thwarts 28 in. apart, 16 in. above the floor, and 12 in. below the rowlock strake; she pulls 8 oars.

1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 12 Box-wood and brass have been tried for the rowlock filling.

1914 Deck & Boat Bk. (U.S. Navy) i. 10 All steamers..are fitted with rowlock sockets in the gunwale.

1938 Mariner's Mirror 24 15 A pair of rowlock cleats, the ‘ledges’ are fitted on the upper gunwale [of the currach].

2002 J. Michalak Boatbuilding 56/2 Wrap the rowlock area [of the oar]..with mason's twine.

C2.

rowlock pin n.

ΚΠ

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Autarelles, the thoules or rowlock-pins of a galley.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 395/2 In those ribands are fixed rowlock pins.

1910 S. Chalmers When Love calls Men to Arms xv. 198 I..found the rowlock pins, adjusted the oars, and turned to look at Bordeaux.

2005 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 2 July Both carbon fibre oars were smashed to pieces and the stainless rowlock pins bent.

rowlock plate n.

ΚΠ

c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 7 Ship the rowlock plates.

1926 O. Kendall Missing Island ii. 46 A derrick, fitted with a gooseneck that dropped into a form of rowlock plate fitted into the top of the bitts, played the main part.

1998 M. F. McCallum ‘Fast & Bonny’ xix. 157 Apart from woodwork, the carpenters had to fit brass bollards, rowlock plates on dinghies, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rowlockn.²

Brit.

/ˈrɒlək/,

/ˈrəʊlɒk/, U.S.

/ˈroʊˌlɑk/

Forms: 1800s– rolock, 1800s– rowlock, 1800s– rollock.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row n.¹, lock n.²

Etymology: < row n.¹ + lock n.²

Bricklaying (chiefly U.S.).

1. attributive. Designating brickwork in which each brick is laid with its smallest face showing in the face of the wall, with its shortest edge running horizontally. Frequently in rowlock arch, rowlock course.

ΚΠ

1860 Laws State N.Y., Passed 83rd Session of Legislature 921 A good timber lintel..shall be cut in such a manner as to turn a good double rolock arch over it; and all arches over any opening or fire places, shall be built of good hard brick.

1898 A. P. Folwell Sewerage 205 Where pipe-connections enter a sewer or manhole ‘bull's-eyes’ shall be constructed by laying rowlock courses of brick around them.

1904 H. P. Gillette Rock Excavation xvi. 340 The bricks were laid in rowlock bond.

1999 B. H. Bradley Works 234 Segmental and round arches were sometimes laid as rowlock arches, formed of small bricks laid in concentric rings.

2004 S. A. Mouzon & S. M. Henderson Trad. Constr. Patterns 18 Rowlock courses were also used to tie two wythes of brick together.

2. A course or arch of bricks in which each brick is laid with its smallest face showing in the face of the wall, with its shortest edge running horizontally. Also: a brick laid in such a way.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > single layer on same level > types of

grass tablea1472

coping1601

tableting1610

plinth1640

plinth course1693

stretching-course1700

bench1730

binding1730

earth table1822

lacing course1833

vertical bond1833

rowlock1864

cope1880

soldier course1948

1864 J. M. Gregory School Laws Michigan 217 The caps of windows and doors are to be of brick and constructed of three rowlocks the 2d row to project one inch from face of belt, the 3d row to project two inches.

1899 J. K. Freitag Fireproofing of Steel Buildings 9 The depth was finally reduced to one course of brick, or one ‘rowlock’.

1919 Building Age July 241/2 The question of how many rowlocks to use for an opening is often a puzzling one to the builder.

1997 Architecture 86 57 They carefully worked the brick to articulate features important to the overall image: corbeled arches over windows, rowlocks over entries.

2001 S. Y. Harris Building Pathol. iii. 212 The short face, or the end laid horizontally, is a header; laid vertically, a rowlock.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rowlock
释义	rowlockn.¹ Brit. /ˈrɒlək/, /ˈrəʊlɒk/, U.S. /ˈroʊˌlɑk/ Forms: α. 1700s rowluck, 1700s– rowlock. β. 1700s– rullock, 1800s– rollock. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row v.¹, lock n.² Etymology: < row v.¹ + lock n.² Compare earlier oarlock n. Compare also earlier thole n.¹The β. forms reflect the more common British pronunciation; for similar reduced forms in nautical language compare e.g. the β. forms at gunwale n. and the β. forms at treenail n. A structure on the gunwale of a boat, forming a fulcrum for the oar in rowing and consisting usually of a notch, a rounded fork, or two tholes (thole n.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > rowlock oarlockOE lock1743 rowlock1743 α. 1743 E. Stone tr. H. Pitot Theory Working of Ships viii. 68 The most advantageous Length to be given to the Shank, or Part of the Oar from the Rowlock [Fr. l'Apostis], or Point upon which the Oar turns, to the Middle of the Blade. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 138 Rowlucks, are spaces left on the Gunwale, where two Thoals are let in at such a Distance from each other, as to admit the Oar, at the End of the Loom to lie on, for rowing the Boat. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Oar In large vessels, this station is usually called the row-port; but in lighters and boats it is always termed the row-lock. 1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 29 The rowlock is composed of 3 parts; the thouel, against which you row; the stopper which is opposite to it; and the filling on which the oar rests. 1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 107 The regular sound of oars against the tholepins or rowlocks of a boat. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xi. 235 Long afternoons..listening to the rhythmical and satisfying ker-klunk of the rowlocks. 1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe v. 222 His toes touched vibrant wood, a thwart, rowlocks, then he lost the boat again in a rising souse of sea. 2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins iii. 15 The men..would set about organising..the rowlocks and oars for Sieve, and the..rugs for our picnic. β. 1763 J. Robson Brit. Mars i. 2 The Thowles or Rullocks must be so placed, that the Purchase of the Oars may be taken at least a Foot without the Gunnel.1821 P. B. Shelley Let. 19 Apr. (1964) II. 286 The rullock or place for the oar,..ought to be nearer to the mast.1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xviii. 317 We distinctly heard..the rumble of the rollocks.1864 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies: Assyria vii. 177 Assyrian vessels had no rullocks.1903 H. C. Clifford Free Lance of To-day xi. 93 The boats vanished round the bend, and the noise of the oars in the rullocks died away.1947 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 7 June 19/2 (advt.) One v-bottom row boat in good condition with oars and rollocks.2008 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Apr. 34 Harris bellows a predictable imprecation when struggling to insert his oars in their rollocks. Compounds C1. General attributive, as rowlock board, rowlock filling, rowlock-leather, rowlock strake, etc. ΚΠ 1774 London Mag. Nov. 544/2 In the canoe, was one of the cutter's rowlock boards. 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 18 You've a rowlock-leather round your eye! 1844 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 3) sig. Y2 Rowlock Lashings (1-inch). 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 106 Chocks, or Rowlock Chocks of Boats, are a sort of cleat, fastened on the gunwale to support the tholes. 1851 Rep. Comm. appointed to examine Life-boat Models App. 41/1 The boat has 5 thwarts 28 in. apart, 16 in. above the floor, and 12 in. below the rowlock strake; she pulls 8 oars. 1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 12 Box-wood and brass have been tried for the rowlock filling. 1914 Deck & Boat Bk. (U.S. Navy) i. 10 All steamers..are fitted with rowlock sockets in the gunwale. 1938 Mariner's Mirror 24 15 A pair of rowlock cleats, the ‘ledges’ are fitted on the upper gunwale [of the currach]. 2002 J. Michalak Boatbuilding 56/2 Wrap the rowlock area [of the oar]..with mason's twine. C2. rowlock pin n. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Autarelles, the thoules or rowlock-pins of a galley. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 395/2 In those ribands are fixed rowlock pins. 1910 S. Chalmers When Love calls Men to Arms xv. 198 I..found the rowlock pins, adjusted the oars, and turned to look at Bordeaux. 2005 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 2 July Both carbon fibre oars were smashed to pieces and the stainless rowlock pins bent. rowlock plate n. ΚΠ c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 7 Ship the rowlock plates. 1926 O. Kendall Missing Island ii. 46 A derrick, fitted with a gooseneck that dropped into a form of rowlock plate fitted into the top of the bitts, played the main part. 1998 M. F. McCallum ‘Fast & Bonny’ xix. 157 Apart from woodwork, the carpenters had to fit brass bollards, rowlock plates on dinghies, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rowlockn.² Brit. /ˈrɒlək/, /ˈrəʊlɒk/, U.S. /ˈroʊˌlɑk/ Forms: 1800s– rolock, 1800s– rowlock, 1800s– rollock. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row n.¹, lock n.² Etymology: < row n.¹ + lock n.² Bricklaying (chiefly U.S.). 1. attributive. Designating brickwork in which each brick is laid with its smallest face showing in the face of the wall, with its shortest edge running horizontally. Frequently in rowlock arch, rowlock course. ΚΠ 1860 Laws State N.Y., Passed 83rd Session of Legislature 921 A good timber lintel..shall be cut in such a manner as to turn a good double rolock arch over it; and all arches over any opening or fire places, shall be built of good hard brick. 1898 A. P. Folwell Sewerage 205 Where pipe-connections enter a sewer or manhole ‘bull's-eyes’ shall be constructed by laying rowlock courses of brick around them. 1904 H. P. Gillette Rock Excavation xvi. 340 The bricks were laid in rowlock bond. 1999 B. H. Bradley Works 234 Segmental and round arches were sometimes laid as rowlock arches, formed of small bricks laid in concentric rings. 2004 S. A. Mouzon & S. M. Henderson Trad. Constr. Patterns 18 Rowlock courses were also used to tie two wythes of brick together. 2. A course or arch of bricks in which each brick is laid with its smallest face showing in the face of the wall, with its shortest edge running horizontally. Also: a brick laid in such a way. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > single layer on same level > types of grass tablea1472 coping1601 tableting1610 plinth1640 plinth course1693 stretching-course1700 bench1730 binding1730 earth table1822 lacing course1833 vertical bond1833 rowlock1864 cope1880 soldier course1948 1864 J. M. Gregory School Laws Michigan 217 The caps of windows and doors are to be of brick and constructed of three rowlocks the 2d row to project one inch from face of belt, the 3d row to project two inches. 1899 J. K. Freitag Fireproofing of Steel Buildings 9 The depth was finally reduced to one course of brick, or one ‘rowlock’. 1919 Building Age July 241/2 The question of how many rowlocks to use for an opening is often a puzzling one to the builder. 1997 Architecture 86 57 They carefully worked the brick to articulate features important to the overall image: corbeled arches over windows, rowlocks over entries. 2001 S. Y. Harris Building Pathol. iii. 212 The short face, or the end laid horizontally, is a header; laid vertically, a rowlock. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1743n.²1860
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