thill

English

/θɪl/

noun
Definitions
  • One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
  • (mining) The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thille inherited from Old English þille (board, pole, plank, stake, floorboard) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (board, deck, plank, flooring, floorboard) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tel- (board, plank).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tel-

Gloss

board, plank

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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