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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 row·lock /ˈrɑlək, ˈrʌ; ˈroˌlɑk/
 槳架;槳叉

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Row·lock n.
 1. Naut. A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar; same as oarlock. [Chiefly Brit.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rowlock
      n : a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
          oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg,
           pin, thole, tholepin, oarlock]