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verb
- 1. endure (something) without complaint or resistance; tolerate: archaic Scottish "if there's one thing I can't thole it's a lie"
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noun. 1. : either of a pair of pins set in the gunwale of a boat to hold an oar in place. 2. : peg, pin. Did you know? The Long History of Thole. Thole has a long history in the English language.
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.
Jun 2, 2024 · thole (third-person singular simple present tholes, present participle tholing, simple past and past participle tholed) ( intransitive, dated) To suffer . ( transitive, now Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate .
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.
Noun. Singular: thole. Plural: tholes.
1. thole - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. oarlock, rowlock, tholepin, peg, pin. dinghy, dory, rowboat - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
What does the noun thole mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun thole. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. thole has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. rowing (Old English) building (Middle English) Entry status.
thither.
I heard the creak of thole-pins as the rowers gave way, and the wash of oars as the boat shot off into the dark. The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch His motto is thole , and he gets too few opportunities of tholing.
thole in American English. (θoʊl ) noun. a pin or either of a pair of pins made of metal or wood and set vertically in the gunwale of a boat to serve as a fulcrum for an oar. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
