enamelled or lacquered metal ware, usually gilded, popular in the 18th century
Word origin
from French tôle sheet metal, from French (dialect): table, from Latin tabula table
tole in American English1
(toʊl)
verb transitiveWord forms: toled or ˈtoling
Chiefly Dialectal
to allure; entice
Word origin
var. of toll2
tole in American English2
(toʊl)
noun
a type of lacquered or enameled metalware popular in the 18th cent. and reproduced today for trays, lamps, etc.: it is commonly dark-green, ivory, or black
Word origin
Fr tôle, sheet iron, plate < taule, dial. var. of table: see table
Examples of 'tole' in a sentence
tole
or somebody maybe tole him about it, but he just pushin' nothin ' `round.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS (2001)
When we kine of got it together, I tole the others t'go on, and I came back to report.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS (2001)
I swear I almost tole her to take her happy little readin' away with this worried expression.