Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word THOLE
THOLE
Definitions of THOLE
- 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.
- (intransitive, dated) To suffer.
- (transitive, now, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
- (architecture) A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.
- A surname.
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using THOLE in a Sentence
- It was once used to reference a phallus-shaped pin stuck in the edging of a row boat to act as a pivot for the oar (also known as a "thole pin" or "dole pin").
- In rowing the oar is connected to the vessel by means of a pivot point for the oar, either an oarlock, or a thole.
- If used singly, the oar bears against the thole pin on the power stroke and is held in place by a leather strop for the return stroke.
- Oars (or blades) are held in place by wooden thole pins at the side of the boat rather than rowlocks or outriggers.
- His other books include Proverbs in the Patter, a Glasgow dialect version of the Old Testament book, which includes such pearls of wisdom as: “The lazy lout (is) a pain in the behouchie tae the honest folk wha hiv tae thole him” and “The bevvy-drinker isnae clever: it’s daft tae get fu wi the hard stuff.
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