tole

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   decorative sheet-metal ware with a painted, lacquered, or enamelled surface

   A painted tole tray stood on the sideboard.

2. 2
   verb

   to entice or lure a person or animal

   The keeper used a decoy to tole the stag into view.

3. 3
   verb

   nonstandard simple past and past participle of tell

   I tole you exactly what happened at the island.

The metalware sense comes from French tôle, 'sheet iron,' ultimately from Latin tabula, 'board or tablet.' The lure sense is historically related to toll. A separate dialect use represents told without its final consonant.

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