资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.

            So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood
            prepared to see the manna fall.       --Dryden.

            Heaven has in store a precious dole.  --Keble.

   4. A boundary; a landmark. --Halliwell.

   5. A void space left in tillage. --[Prov. Eng.]

   {Dole beer}, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.]

   {Dole bread}, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.]

   {Dole meadow}, a meadow in which several persons have a
      common right or share.