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Definition :

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