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Definition of tole in English: tole(also tôle) noun təʊltōl mass nounPainted, enamelled, or lacquered tin plate used to make decorative domestic objects. (制造装饰性家用器皿的上过漆或釉的)马口铁;铁皮;薄钢板 as modifier colourfully painted tole accessories Example sentencesExamples - The wall design unfolded like a connect-the-dots drawing; it started with the tole tray and blue-and-white platter, then built up and out from there until a pleasing pattern developed.
- Many of our other lawn and garden projects are also popular with tole painters, including our planter collection that consists of a garden wheelbarrow, plump little pig, and dairy cow planter.
Derivativesnoun A small French toleware annular lamp stands on the sideboard to the right. Example sentencesExamples - This white and green toleware mirror was created for the most elegant of dressing tables or powder rooms.
- Inside the restored corn mill we admired a variety of highly decorated canal boats, toleware and artifacts.
Origin1940s: French tôle, 'sheet iron', from dialect taule 'table', from Latin tabula 'flat board'. Definition of tole in US English: tole(also tôle) nountōl Painted, enameled, or lacquered tinplate used to make decorative domestic objects. (制造装饰性家用器皿的上过漆或釉的)马口铁;铁皮;薄钢板 as modifier colorfully painted tole accessories Example sentencesExamples - Many of our other lawn and garden projects are also popular with tole painters, including our planter collection that consists of a garden wheelbarrow, plump little pig, and dairy cow planter.
- The wall design unfolded like a connect-the-dots drawing; it started with the tole tray and blue-and-white platter, then built up and out from there until a pleasing pattern developed.
Origin1940s: French tôle, ‘sheet iron’, from dialect taule ‘table’, from Latin tabula ‘flat board’. |