ˈthole-pin
Forms: see thole n.1; also 5 tolpyn.
[f. thole n.1 + pin n.]
1. A peg used as a fastening; = thole n.1 2.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 496/1 Tolpyn, idem quod tholle, supra. 1881 Isle of Wight Gloss., Thole-pin, the pin that goes into the shafts of the roller by which the horse draws. 1884 19th Cent. Feb. 244 A coffin..having a thong-hinged cover..fastened by a thole pin. 1893 Inglis Ain Folk vii, The thole-pin which kept the loft folding-door in position. |
2. = thole n.1 1.
| 1598 Florio, Schelma..a..peg in a boate whereat the rowers stay their oares when they rowe, called a thoule pin. 1725 Dudley in Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 264 An Oar..not so much as lifted up out of the Thole-Pin. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 293 It scorched our hands to touch at midday the iron plates in which the thowl-pins were fastened. |