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tole

tole

1 9.9
Decorated metal items like trays or lamps that are often painted and used for home display
  • noun
  • /toʊl/
  • Archaic
: tole
  • tole trays
  • tole painting
  • collection of tole

Examples

  • Until after the tanks had left to - to show the damage, maybe the... - The consequences - the tole of war.

  • I work for the Tole American Corporation, which is situated in Pennsylvania and in New York.

  • It's a Single Lady's Universal Tole.

  • It takes a tole.

  • The antique shop displayed a beautiful collection of tole trays, richly painted and gilded.

  • For her kitchen, she chose a tole coffee table featuring intricate floral patterns.

  • He admired the craftsmanship of the tole box that his grandmother kept her sewing materials in.

Synonyms

enamelware
vstole
1 6.2

Kitchen pots and pans made of metal with a smooth layer like glass

is ornate gilded metalwork meant as decoration rather than everyday utensils

Surface Forms

tole singular
toles plural

Etymology

Tole comes from a French word, tôle, which means 'sheet metal' and refers to thin metal that people paint and decorate. So, tole came to mean decorative painted metal objects like trays, lamps, and kitchenware.