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Bookmark or Share- THILL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comThill definition: either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.. See examples of THILL used in a sentence.
- Thill Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of THILL is a shaft of a vehicle. Middle English thille, perhaps from Old English, plank; akin to Old English thel board, Old High German dili, and probably to Latin tellus earth
- THILL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionarynoun. archaic another word for shaft (sense 6) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C14: perhaps related to Old English thille board, planking, Old High German dilla plank, Old Norse thili. Word Frequency. thill in American English. (θɪl ) noun.
- thill - Wiktionary, the free dictionarythill (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, published 2005, page 405: One by one ...
- What does thill mean? - Definitions.netthill. A thill is a shaft, either of a cart or carriage, to which a horse or other draft animal is attached; it runs parallel to the animal and supports the vehicle's load. The term thill can also refer to a stem or main shoot of a plant.
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