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Meaning of thirl | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
θɝl

Definitions

  1. A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
  2. A thrall.
    historical
  3. A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
    dialectal
  4. A short communication between adits in a mine.
    obsolete
  5. A long adit in a coalpit.
    obsolete

CEFR level

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

thirlage Thirlby thirling Thirlmere Thirlstane Thirlwall

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