THWART
Definition of THWART
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A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
"The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row."
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A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
"A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart."
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An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
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To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
"Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm."
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To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
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To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
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Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
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Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
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Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
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Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
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Across, athwart.
Source: Wiktionary