thowelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

See thole; other dialectal forms include thoal.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /θəʊ.(w)əl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /θoʊ.(w)əl/

名詞

thowel (複数形 thowels)

1. A tholepin in a boat.
2. A rowlock.
   • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XV, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, OCLC 3359935, pages 247–248:

     […] I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels.