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thill

[ thil ]

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noun

either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.

thill

/ θɪl /

Origin of thill¹

1275–1325; Middle English thille shaft < ?

Origin of thill¹

C14: perhaps related to Old English thille board, planking, Old High German dilla plank, Old Norse thili

He was talking as much to himself as to the poor fellow who clung to the thill.

Now no dray moves more readily to the thill than I do to the painter's chair.

"'Now no dray horse moves more readily to the thill than I to the painter's chair," he said.

Thill, thil, n. one of the shafts of a cart or other carriage.

Dr. Thill was ready to give a certificate that Persis had died of heart-failure.

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