This term is still somewhat in use, at least among Boy Scouts, specifically the rowing merit badge.
See another usage note on rowlock.
"...the boats pulled fast across the water, with never a sound but the creak of thwarts and thole-pins and the gurgle of oars."--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 104
This term is still somewhat in use, at least among Boy Scouts, specifically the rowing merit badge.
See another usage note on rowlock.
"...the boats pulled fast across the water, with never a sound but the creak of thwarts and thole-pins and the gurgle of oars."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 104