THOLE

peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock

(noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (to suffer)

• (to endure): brook, live with; See also tolerate

Noun

thole (uncountable)

(obsolete, rare or regional) The ability to bear or endure something; endurance, patience.

Etymology 2

Noun

thole (plural tholes)

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.

Synonyms

• (pin for oars): oarlock, rowlock, tholepin

• (pin of the snath of a scythe): nib

Etymology 3

Noun

thole (plural tholes)

(architecture) A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.

Anagrams

• Holte, helot, hetol, hotel, hôtel, lothe

Proper noun

Thole (plural Tholes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thole is the 17521^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1608 individuals. Thole is most common among White (94.28%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Holte, helot, hetol, hotel, hôtel, lothe

Source: Wiktionary

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Thole, n. [Written also thowel, and thowl.] Etym: [OE. thol, AS. þol; akin to D. dol, Icel. þollr a fir tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]

1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. Longfellow.

2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. Thole pin. Same as Thole.

Thole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tholed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tholing.] Etym: [OE. þolen, þolien, AS. þolian; akin to OS. tholon, OHG. dolen, G. geduld patience, dulden to endure, Icel. þola, Sw. tåla, Dan. taale, Goth. þulan, L. tolerate, tulisse, to endure, bear, tollere to lift, bear, Gr. tul to lift. *55. Cf. Tolerate.]

Definition: To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] Gower. So much woe as I have with you tholed. Chaucer. To thole the winter's steely dribble. Burns.

Thole, v. i.

Definition: To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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