"thill" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /θɪl/ [UK, US] Forms: thills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: 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 templates: {{inh|en|enm|thille}} Middle English thille, {{inh|en|ang|þille||board; floorboard; plank; stake; pole}} Old English þille (“board; floorboard; plank; stake; pole”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*þilljā}} Proto-West Germanic *þilljā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þiljǭ||board; floorboard; deck}} Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“board; floorboard; deck”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*tel-||plank; board}} Proto-Indo-European *tel- (“plank; board”), {{cog|nl|deel}} Dutch deel, {{cog|nds-de|Deel}} German Low German Deel, {{cog|de|Diele}} German Diele, {{cog|sv|tilja}} Swedish tilja, {{cog|is|þilja}} Icelandic þilja, {{doublet|en|deal}} Doublet of deal Head templates: {{en-noun}} thill (plural thills)
  1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. Translations (one of two long pieces of wood extending before a vehicle): аглобля (ahlóblja) [feminine] (Belarusian), aisa (Finnish), hołobla [feminine] (Polish), оглобля (ogloblja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-thill-en-noun-c-kpakZJ Disambiguation of 'one of two long pieces of wood extending before a vehicle': 96 4
  2. (mining) The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-thill-en-noun-s7tTjZ1L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 72 Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fill [dialectal] Derived forms: thilly

Inflected forms

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