name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
thill
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Pronunciation
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UK, US: /θɪl/
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CMU ARPABET: TH IH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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
Meaning 3
The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Meaning 4
one of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shaft
History
Etymology
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).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: аглобля (ahlóblja) — one of two long pieces of wood extending before a vehicle
- Finnish: aisa — one of two long pieces of wood extending before a vehicle
- Polish: hołobla — one of two long pieces of wood extending before a vehicle
- Russian: огло́бля (oglóblja) — one of two long pieces of wood extending before a vehicle
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