thowel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical or dialectal: a tholepin or rowlock against which an oar works in a boat

   The worn thowel creaked each time the boatman pulled the oar.

A variant of thole, the pin or peg against which an oar works, with other historical forms including thoal. The spelling reflects the word's long dialectal life in British boating vocabulary.

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