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Shole   Listen
noun
Shole  n.  A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.





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"Shole" Quotes from Famous Books



... sunken rocks, on which the sea does not break; but generally applied to every place where the water is shallow, whatever be the ground. (See FLAT SHOAL, SHOLE, or SCHOLE.) Also, denotes a great quantity of fishes swimming in company—squamosae cohortes. Also, a vessel is said to shoalen, or shoal her water, when she comes from a greater into a ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth


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