[ noun ] enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century <noun.artifact> the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing
Tole \Tole\ (t[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toling}.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Toll} to ring a bell.] To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also {toll}.]
Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.