thill
see also: Thill
Pronunciation
Thill
Proper noun
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see also: Thill
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /θɪl/
thill (plural thills)
- One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
- (mining) The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 405:
- One by one, Janki leading, they crept into the old gallery – a six-foot way with a scant four feet from thill to roof.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 405:
Thill
Proper noun
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