tole

tole · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromtabula
2. French · borrowed fromtôle“sheet iron”
3. English todaytole

From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.

tole · verb²

1. Old English · inherited from*tyll
2. English todaytole

From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).

tole · noun³

See toll.

Tole · proper noun⁴

* As an English surname, variant of Toll and Towle. * As an Albanian surname, from a short form of Apostol.

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