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单词 tole
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Definition of tole in English:

tole

(also tôle)
noun təʊltōl
mass noun
  • Painted, 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.

Derivatives

  • toleware

  • noun
    • 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.

Origin

1940s: 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.

Origin

1940s: French tôle, ‘sheet iron’, from dialect taule ‘table’, from Latin tabula ‘flat board’.

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