ballocks

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My father hurriedly looked around for a pair but then, further off, saw a wooden "pram" dinghy, its oars still in its rowlocks.

From BBC • May 22, 2015

“You just hear the clunking of the rowlocks, and you stop rowing and hear little splashings of the sea.”

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2012

They scrambled to their places by the rowlocks and all in line dipped oars in the grey sea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Now he himself embarked, lay down, lay still, while oarsmen took their places at the rowlocks all in order.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

The listening men obeyed him, climbing in to settle on their benches by the rowlocks, while he stood watchful by the stern.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer