English Dictionary

rowlock

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹʌlək/

名詞

イギリス英語

(nautical, chiefly Britain) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US).

日本語の意味

（船舶用語）通常U字形の構造を持ち、船の側面（銃床/橈手板）に取り付けられた支点装置で、オールを支え、誘導し、漕ぐ際の支点（レバー）として機能する。

She checked the rowlock to make sure the oar sat firmly in its U-shaped pivot before they set out across the lake.

彼女は湖へ出る前にオール受けを確認し、オールが舷側に取り付けられたU字形の支点にしっかり収まっていることを確かめた。

意味（1）

(nautical, chiefly Britain) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US).

I took a good gap and a stretch, and was just going to unhitch and start when I heard a sound away over the water. I listened. Pretty soon I made it out. It was that dull kind of a regular sound that comes from oars working in rowlocks when it's a still night.

rowlocks （ plural ）