Thiller
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thiller is a noun meaning The horse that goes between the thills, or shafts of a carriage, and supports them.
Meaning
The horse that goes between the thills, or shafts of a carriage, and supports them.
More Meanings
- The last horse in a team.
Example Sentences
, And apron, and scissars for head and for tail, / Whole bridle and saddle, whitleather, and nall, / With collars and harness, for thiller and all […]
[T]he middle of it [i.e., the thigh, is] the prop or thiller, the body the vveight, and the leg the povver; either of vvhich being brought by a ſharp angle to a dovvnright or perpendicular or more, vvith the thiller, vvill by ſo much leſſen the vveight, from the yielded aſſumption in that mechanick povver, That the point, vvhich is toucht by a perpendicular from the centre of heavineſs, is one of the terms: […]
Word Forms
- thillers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include twister, whipstock, leader, wheelhorse, jingle, coachfellow.
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