Citations:thill

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English citations of thill

shafts of a wagon[edit]

  • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. [], 2nd edition, London: [] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock [], and J[onathan] Robinson [], published 1708, →OCLC:
    if the Thills were fixed under the Axis
  • [1755, Samuel Johnson, "thill" in A Dictionary of the English Language:
    The shafts of a wagon; the arms of wood between which the last horse is placed.]
  • 1868, Elihu Burritt, Walks in the Black Country and its green border-land, page 310:
    As for one of the great four-wheeled wagons used here, thilled instead of poled, an American farmer would hardly think of dragging it up a hill empty with a single horse.