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View synonyms for thill
thill
[ thil ]
noun
- either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.
thill
/ θɪl /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thill1
1275–1325; Middle English thille shaft < ?
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thill1
C14: perhaps related to Old English thille board, planking, Old High German dilla plank, Old Norse thili
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Example Sentences
He was talking as much to himself as to the poor fellow who clung to the thill.
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Now no dray moves more readily to the thill than I do to the painter's chair.
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"'Now no dray horse moves more readily to the thill than I to the painter's chair," he said.
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Thill, thil, n. one of the shafts of a cart or other carriage.
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Dr. Thill was ready to give a certificate that Persis had died of heart-failure.
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