thowel
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See thole; other dialectal forms include thoal.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
thowel (plural thowels)
- A tholepin in a boat.
- A rowlock.
- 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XV, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, pages 247–248:
- […] I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels.
References[edit]
- “thowel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.