thurl

(agriculture, chiefly in the plural) Either of the rear hip joints where the hip connects to the upper leg in certain animals, particularly cattle; often used as a reference point for measurement.

Alternative form of thirl. [(dialectal or puristic, otherwise archaic) A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.]

Alternative form of thirl. [(transitive, puristic, otherwise obsolete) To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.]