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thirlings

thirlings is the plural of thirling.

Meaning of thirling

Noun

thirling (plural thirlings)

  1. The act of boring or perforating
  2. (coal-mining) Same as thirl
    Synonyms:
    thirl
  3. (Northern England) In lead-mining, a mark indicating the termination of a set or pitch

Questions about thirlings

What is thirlings the plural of?
Thirlings is the plural of thirling.

Words near thirlings in the dictionary

  1. Thirlby
  2. Thirlbys
  3. Thirldene
  4. thirled
  5. thirling
  6. thirlings
  7. Thirlmere
  8. thirls
  9. Thirlstane
  10. Thirlwall
  11. Thirlwell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thirlings (page history and authors); thirling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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