Rowlock vs. Thole
Difference Between Rowlock and Thole
Rowlock➦
A rowlock UK: , sometimes spur (due to the similarity in shape and size), oarlock (USA) or gate, is a brace that attaches an oar to a boat. When a boat is rowed, the rowlock acts as a fulcrum for the oar.On ordinary rowing craft, the rowlocks are attached to the gunwales.
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Thole➦
Thole is a surname.
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Rowlock➦
An oarlock.
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Thole➦
A thole pin.
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Rowlock➦
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.
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Thole➦
To suffer.
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Rowlock➦
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.
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Thole➦
To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
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Rowlock➦
One of the rings of masonry included in an arch having more than one ring.
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Thole➦
A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
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Rowlock➦
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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Thole➦
A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
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Thole➦
(architecture) A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.
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Thole➦
A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
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Thole➦
The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
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Thole➦
To bear; to endure; to undergo.
So much woe as I have with you tholed.
To thole the winter's steely dribble.
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Thole➦
To wait.
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Thole➦
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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