Lexicographical Neighbors of Thowl
Literary usage of Thowl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1861)
"... whilst the oar is in use :—a is an ordinary iron thowl-pin; b, the crutch,
also of galvanized iron, which revolves round the ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"Old local print. Thou's like ! you must of course. watery hollows in the roads
and moors when the snow melts. See Slush-pans. ThowL See ..."
3. Rowing and Sculling by Walter Bradford Woodgate (1890)
"Ordinary in-rigged gigs have but little to spare between the thowl and the handle
of an oar when laid in the rowlock, and a beginner, who is at all awkward ..."
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