Obs. rare. [Anglicized f. L. thol-us: see THOLUS.] See quot. 1636, and cf. THOLUS.
1633. [J. Fisher], True Trojans, III. ii. E ij. Let Altars smoake, and Tholes expect our spoiles.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Thole (tholus),… that place in Temples, where donaries and such gifts as were presented there, are hung up.
