thole

noun

1. a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.

verb (used with object), tholed, thol·ing. Chiefly Scot.

1. to suffer; bear; endure.

noun

1. a wooden pin or one of a pair, set upright in the gunwales of a rowing boat to serve as a fulcrum in rowing

verb

1. (tr) Scot and Northern English dialect to put up with; bear
2. an archaic word for suffer

v.“to be subjected to or exposed to, to endure without complaint,” now Scottish and Northern English dialect, from Old English þolian, from Proto-Germanic stem *thul- (cf. Old Saxon tholon, Old High German dolon, German geduld, Old Norse þola, Gothic þulan), cognate with Latin tolerare (see toleration). n.“peg,” from Old English þoll, from Proto-Germanic *thulnaz (cf. Old Norse þollr, Middle Low German dolle, East Frisian dolle, Dutch dol), of unknown origin. No record of the word in English from c.1000 to mid-15c.