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thill.

One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

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Meaning & usage

noun/θɪl/UK, US
  1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

  2. The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English thille, thylle, from Old English þille (“board; floorboard; plank; stake; pole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þilljā, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“board; floorboard; deck”), from Proto-Indo-European *tel- (“plank; board”). Cognate with Dutch deel, German Low German Deel (> English deal (“plank”)), German Diele, Swedish tilja, Icelandic þilja. Akin to English theal (“board; plank”). Doublet of deal (etymology 3) and theal (dialectal).

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