thole
1a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
Origin of thole
1- Also called thole·pin [thohl-pin]. /ˈθoʊlˌpɪn/.
Other definitions for thole (2 of 2)
to suffer; bear; endure.
Origin of thole
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How to use thole in a sentence
As they walked, the preceptor gave the tholes a suitable shape; Frederick looked at him with surprise.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueNot many minutes more passed till we heard oars knocking in the tholes.
The Voodoo Gold Trail | Walter WaldenFifty feet long it was, with mast, tholes and walking-boards for the arduous upstream work.
The Magnificent Adventure | Emerson HoughClump, sitting bent over the fire to get light for his work, was cutting some tholes for the boat with his knife.
Captain Mugford | W.H.G. KingstonFrom the skin of the manitee they cut straps, which they used in their canoes instead of the ordinary tholes.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) | Walter Thornbury
British Dictionary definitions for thole (1 of 2)
tholepin (ˈθəʊlˌpɪn)
/ (θəʊl) /
a wooden pin or one of a pair, set upright in the gunwales of a rowing boat to serve as a fulcrum in rowing
Origin of thole
1British Dictionary definitions for thole (2 of 2)
/ (θəʊl) /
(tr) Scot and Northern English dialect to put up with; bear
an archaic word for suffer
Origin of thole
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