- the
rowlock acts as a
fulcrum for the oar. On
ordinary rowing craft, the
rowlocks are
attached to the gunwales. In the
sport of rowing, the
rowlocks are...
-
positions oriented in a
horizontal alignment are
called stretcher, header,
rowlock stretcher, and
rowlock. A
rowlock stretcher is
sometimes called a shiner."...
- a
strake that sits
above the gunwale. (The term
rowlock is
often applied to an oar crutch.) A
rowlock may be
closed when, for instance, a boat is being...
- of the
brick exposed.
Rowlock A
brick laid on the long
narrow side with the
short end of the
brick exposed.
Shiner or
rowlock stretcher A
brick laid...
- was the
washstrake added to
increase the freeboard. It was
pierced with
rowlock cut-outs for the oars, so that the
thwarts did not need to be set unusually...
- galley, an
outrigger (or rigger) is a
triangular frame that
holds the
rowlock (into
which the oar is slotted) away from the
saxboard (or
gunwale in gig...
- button),
often made of leather,
which stops the oar
slipping past the
rowlock. Oars
usually have a
handle about 150mm long,
which may be a
material sleeve...
- the
explanation of the coat of arms is "in a blue
field with a
silver rowlock." The coat of arms was
designed by Teuvo-Pentti
Pakkala and
approved by...
- boundary, is
called a
crown Voussoir (a wedge-like
construction block). A
rowlock arch is
formed by
multiple concentric layers of voussoirs.
Extrados (an...
- Fórcola (Venetian dialect,
plural Fórcole) is the
typical Venetian rowlock providing a
variety of
fulcrum positions, each
having its own
effect on the...
