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ˈthole-pin
Forms: see thole n.1; also 5 tolpyn.
[f. thole n.1 + pin n.]
1. A peg used as a fastening; = thole n.1 2.
c1440Promp. Parv. 496/1 Tolpyn, idem quod tholle, supra. 1881Isle of Wight Gloss., Thole-pin, the pin that goes into the shafts of the roller by which the horse draws. 188419th Cent. Feb. 244 A coffin..having a thong-hinged cover..fastened by a thole pin. 1893Inglis Ain Folk vii, The thole-pin which kept the loft folding-door in position.
2. = thole n.1 1.
1598Florio, Schelma..a..peg in a boate whereat the rowers stay their oares when they rowe, called a thoule pin. 1725Dudley in Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 264 An Oar..not so much as lifted up out of the Thole-Pin. 1859W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 293 It scorched our hands to touch at midday the iron plates in which the thowl-pins were fastened. |