Word: rowlocks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: row
locks
Definition: Plural of rowlock; a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Morphemes:
Affix: oar
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
Affix: lock
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.