thill
UK/θɪl/
thill noun: one of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
Noun
thill (plural thills)
- One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
- The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.
- One by one, Janki leading, they crept into the old gallery – a six-foot way with a scant four feet from thill to roof.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 405
Proper noun capitalized: Thill
Thill (plural Thills)
- A surname.
Forms of thill
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thills |
| alternative form (dialectal) | fill |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Thills |
Origin of thill
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) and theal (dialectal).
Words formed from thill
Words that rhyme with thill
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- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about thill
- What does thill mean?
- Thill means one of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
- What part of speech is thill?
- Thill can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thill?
- Thill is pronounced /θɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thill?
- The plural of thill is thills.
Words near thill in the dictionary
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