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Definition of Tholepin
1. Noun. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
Group relationships: Dinghy, Dory, Rowboat
Generic synonyms: Holder
Definition of Tholepin
1. a pin that serves as an oarlock [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tholepin
Literary usage of Tholepin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mrs. Beauchamp Brown by Jane Goodwin Austin (1880)
"Could n't we make it fast over here in the tholepin holes of the further gunwale,
and then pass it under him in two or three places, and so pull him in by ..."
2. Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides, William Nickerson Bates (1904)
"id came upon us. but one tholepin for an oar where we The pr¡ clause shows that
an idea use two. The oar was prevented of fear or apprehension is under- ..."
3. Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides, William Nickerson Bates (1904)
"The Greeks used but one tholepin for an oar where we use two. The oar was prevented
from slipping back on the recover by a thong which made it fast to ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"... or tholepin, increased in length, and to it was stationed a greater number of
rowers. The second ordo, had two men ; the third, four ; the fourth, ..."
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