thole (redirected from tholed)

thole  (thl)

n.

A thole pin.

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[Middle English tholle, thole pin, from Old English thol; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]

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thole¹, tholepin [ˈθəʊlˌpɪn]

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a wooden pin or one of a pair, set upright in the gunwales of a rowing boat to serve as a fulcrum in rowing

[Old English tholl, related to Middle Low German dolle, Norwegian toll, Icelandic thollr]

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thole²

vb

1. (tr) Scot and northern English dialect to put up with; bear

2. an archaic word for suffer

[Old English tholian; related to Old Saxon, Old High German tholōn, Old Norse thola to endure: compare Latin tollere to bear up]

Thesaurus

Noun

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 holder - a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder"

Translations

thole [θəʊl] N → escálamo m

thole

n (Naut) → Dolle f, → Riemenauflage f