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Meaning of thill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/θɪl/

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
  3. The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.

Equivalents

Suomi aisa
Polski hołobla
Русский оглобля

Examples

“One by one, Janki leading, they crept into the old gallery – a six-foot way with a scant four feet from thill to roof.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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