thole
Noun
1. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
(synonym) peg, pin, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
(hypernym) holder
(part-holonym) dinghy, dory, rowboat
Thole
(v. t.)
To bear; to endure; to undergo.
(v. i.)
To wait.
(n.)
The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
(n.)
A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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A pin in the gunwhale of a boat to hold an oar
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