thowel
nounUK /θəʊ.(w)əl/ · US /θoʊ.(w)əl/
Etymology See thole; other dialectal forms include thoal.
1
A tholepin in a boat.
2
A rowlock.
- […] I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XV, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, pages 247–248: