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thowel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /θəʊ.(w)əl/ (UK)
• /θoʊ.(w)əl/ (US)

Etymology

See thole; other dialectal forms include thoal.

Meanings

1. A tholepin in a boat.
2. A rowlock.
   • […] I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels. 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XV, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, pages 247–248:

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