oarlock

How To Use oarlock In A Sentence

• And in 1970, Brown managed to ram the boat into a rock in a rapid called Unkar, splitting the hull from oarlock to oarlock.
• More important than the tilt of the oarlocks are the relative positions of the thwart (seat), the oarlocks and the footbrace.
• In his opinion, it is very important to have on board: oars, oarlocks, a boat hook, a good knife, a sounder and the mobile phone.
• Given the way my day had gone, I half expected something terrible to happen - another capsize or a broken oarlock.
• A wooden contraption with a sliding seat and an oarlock place at the edge of the launch.
• In the midst of this mess, I turn to see that one of the Sequoia's oars has been wrenched out of its oarlock.
• But just as the women were about to make a move to pull even, one of the oars popped out of its oarlock.
• Given the way my day had gone, I half expected something terrible to happen - another capsize or a broken oarlock.