Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thowl"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thowel \Thow"el\, Thowl \Thowl\, n. [See {Thole}.] (Naut.)
(a) A thole pin.
(b) A rowlock.
I would sit impatiently thinking with what an
unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the
thowels. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE.
thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir
tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow.
2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
{Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.
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