- 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.
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