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thowels

thowels is the plural of thowel.

Meaning of thowel

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

Questions about thowels

What is thowels the plural of?
Thowels is the plural of thowel.

Words near thowels in the dictionary

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

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