单词 | rowlock-leather |
释义 | > as lemmasrowlock-leather 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. < as lemmas |
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