(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:47:41

Thow"el (?), 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.

 

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