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- 1. a pin, typically one of a pair, fitted to the gunwale of a rowboat to act as the fulcrum for an oar.
Thole can be a verb meaning to endure or a noun meaning a pin or peg. Learn about its etymology, history, and usage with examples and related words.
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Thole definition: a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.. See examples of THOLE used in a sentence.
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(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θəʊl/(General American) IPA(key): /θoʊl/Rhymes: -əʊlFrom Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.
From Middle English thō̆le (“a peg”), from Old English þol, þoll (“oar-pin, rowlock; thole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þoll, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz, *þullō (“beam; thole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūl-, *twel- (“bush; sphere”). The word is cognate with Danish toll (“thole”), Dutch dol (“thole; oarlock”), Low German Doll (“thole; oarlock”).
Anglicization of Latin tholus (“cupola, dome, rotunda”), from Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome, vault”), further etymology uncertain but possibly cognate with θᾰ́λᾰμος (thálamos, “bedroom; inner chamber”) and/or English dale. Doublet of tholus and tholos.
noun. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, tholepin. see more.
Thole is a noun that means a wooden pin in a rowing boat or a verb that means to bear or suffer. Learn more about its origin, usage and synonyms from various sources.
Thole is a word that can mean to endure or to row with oars. Learn how to use it in different contexts with sentences from various sources.
To suffer; endure; undergo. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (now Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) To endure, to tolerate, to put up with. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Other Word Forms of Thole. Noun. Singular: thole. Plural: tholes.
