Synonyms of the word

oarlock

• n. A device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.

holder

• n. A thing that holds.
• n. A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
• n. (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
• n. (sports) The defending champion.

peg

• n. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
• n. Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the…
• n. A protrusion used to hang things on.
• n. (figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext.
• n. (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
• n. (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency…
• n. (Britain) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
• n. A place formally allotted for fishing.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
• n. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
• n. A step; a degree.
• n. Short for clothes peg.
• v. To fasten using a peg.
• v. To affix or pin.
• v. To fix a value or price.
• v. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
• v. To throw.
• v. To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers…
• v. (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
• v. (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
• v. (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with…

pin

• n. A sewing pin, sometimes called a ballhead pin, which is a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out…
• n. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
• n. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
• n. (wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed…
• n. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
• n. (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
• n. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
• n. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
• n. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing…
• n. (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece…
• n. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole.
• n. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area).
• n. (dated) A mood, a state of being.
• n. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) caligo.
• n. A thing of small value; a trifle.
• n. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
• n. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
• n. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
• n. (Britain, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
• n. (informal) A pinball machine.
• v. (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
• v. (chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
• v. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
• v. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
• v. (computing, graphical user interface) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
• v. Alternative form of peen.

rowlock

• n. (nautical, chiefly Britain) a pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that…

thole

• v. (intransitive, dated) To suffer.
• v. (transitive, now Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) To endure, to tolerate, to put up with.
• n. (regional) Patience, endurance; the ability to endure or bear something.
• n. A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
• n. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.

tholepin

• n. A thole; an rowlock.