thole
noun
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
tholes
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present tense formof thole (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The slow clacking of shafts in tholes echoed sharply from the huge walls of the dock as the dinghy drew away through the burning sunshine.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by T. S. Stribling
Fortunately we pulled with tholes and pins, or the gunwale and planks of the boat would have been wrenched off, and we should have foundered.
From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Frederick Marryat
Directly darkness set in we lowered a boat, the oars and tholes being muffled to deaden all sound.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Meantime Eban, returning to his punt, shaped out a set of new tholes as he proposed, and then set off up the hill, hoping to meet Nelly and her grandmother.
From Michael Penguyne Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast by William Henry Giles Kingston
He knows a mither’s heart, and the griefs it tholes and carries.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
