Definition of "thole" in English

verb

1. (intransitive, dated) To suffer.

2. (transitive, now Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.

noun

1. A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

2. A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.

noun

1. (architecture) A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.