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Etymology 1
Dialectal (northern) form of table.
Noun
tôle f (plural tôles)
- sheet metal
1870, Jules Verne, chapter 9, in Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas], Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie, part 1:Pendant deux heures encore, la colère de Ned Land s’exalta. Le Canadien appelait, il criait, mais en vain. Les murailles de tôle étaient sourdes. Je n’entendais même aucun bruit à l’intérieur de ce bateau, qui semblait mort.- For two more hours, Ned Land's rage brewed up. The Canadian called out, he yelled, but all was in vain. The metal walls did not hear. I couldn't even hear any noise inside the boat, which seemed dead to the world.
Etymology 2
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Noun
tôle f (plural tôles)
- Alternative form of taule
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