thole

noun

a pin or either of a pair of pins made of metal or wood and set vertically in the gunwale of a boat to serve as a fulcrum for an oar

transitive verb tholed, tholing

Chiefly Brit., Now Dial. to suffer; endure; undergo

See thole in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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