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Thill

/θɪl/

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

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noun

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.

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Word	Definition
sillnoun	(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
limbernoun	(military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
thripplenoun	(UK, dialect) A ladder-like extension fitted to the front, rear, and sometimes sides of a haywagon or other towed agricultural trailer so as to increase its capacity.
thirlnoun	(dialectal) A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
travenoun	(architecture) A crossbeam.
tringlenoun	A curtain rod for a bedstead.
trignoun	(now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
shivenoun	A slice, especially of bread.
turnpikenoun	(chiefly US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
travisnoun	A male given name transferred from the surname.
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
thravenoun	(UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful.
shidnoun	(obsolete) A piece of firewood four feet long.
drailnoun	(fishing) A hook with a lead shank.
skidnoun	An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
tubbingnoun	A bath taken in a tub.
trestlenoun	A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
shutenoun	(Southern England, especially in place names) A steep road through a cleft in a hill.
ploughtailnoun	The hind part or handle of a plough.
travoisenoun	Alternative form of travois. [(originally and chiefly Canada, US, historical) A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.]