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Definition of Thiller
1. n. The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.
Definition of Thiller
1. Noun. The horse that goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them. ¹
2. Noun. The last horse in a team. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thiller
1. a carriage horse [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thiller
Literary usage of Thiller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Horse-hoeing Husbandry: Or, An Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and by Jethro Tull (1751)
"The Traces of the thiller by their fore Part are ... of the thiller, muft be held
up in the Middle by a Piece of Cord or Chain, as at c, where one End of it ..."
2. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"ODA thiller and Thill-horse, are common in Suffolk ; where thill-bells, is that
chain part of the ... thiller" says Cocker, " the horse that is near ..."
3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"ODA thiller and Thill -horse, are common in ... thiller" says Cocker, " the horse
that is near ..."
4. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"... used by Tallow-Chandlers,' in the Academy of Armory, Bk. III. ch. iii. p. 102.
thiller [thil-ur1], sb. a shaft-horse.—CRAVEN ARMS ; CLEE HILLS ; LUDLOW. ..."
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