thill

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /θɪl/    美 /θɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
  2. The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.
    — One by one, Janki leading, they crept into the old gallery – a six-foot way with a scant four feet from thill to roof.

词形变化

thills plural fill alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
thilled thiller thill-horse thilly

词源

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 3).
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