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thowel

UK/θəʊ.(w)əl/US/θoʊ.(w)əl/

thowel noun: a tholepin in a boat.

Noun

thowel (plural thowels)

  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

Forms of thowel

pluralthowels
alternative formthowl

Origin of thowel

See thole; other dialectal forms include thoal.

Questions about thowel

What does thowel mean?
Thowel means a tholepin in a boat.
What part of speech is thowel?
Thowel is a noun.
How do you pronounce thowel?
Thowel is pronounced /θəʊ.(w)əl/ (UK).
What is the plural of thowel?
The plural of thowel is thowels.

Words near thowel in the dictionary

  1. thousandth
  2. thousandths
  3. thousandweight
  4. thousandweights
  5. thow
  6. thowel
  7. thowels
  8. thowght
  9. thowghts
  10. Thowgla Valley
  11. thowl

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