thill

/ฮธษชl/

IPA: /TH IH1 L/

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.

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