tole
noun
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
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| —n | |
| enamelled or lacquered metal ware, usually gilded, popular in the 18th century | |
| [from French tôle sheet metal, from French (dialect): table, from Latin tabula table] | |
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tole
"ornamented and painted sheet iron," 1946, from Fr. tôle "sheet iron," from dial. taule "table," from L. tabula "a flat board" (see table).
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