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thill-horse|ˈθɪlhɔːs| See also fill-horse s.v. fill n.2 [f. thill1 + horse.] The shaft-horse or wheeler in a team.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 168 En lymouns [gl.] thilles va ly limounere [gl.] the thillo-hors. c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 665/32 Hic uiredus, thylhors. 1483Funeral Edw. IV in Lett. & Pap. Rich. III, etc. (Rolls) I. 7 Upon the fore horse, and the thil horse sat ij chariot men. 1543Will J. England (Somerset Ho.), Oon Carte, a Tyll horsse & foure Oxen. 1704W. Derham in Phil. Trans. XXV. 1583 The Thill-Horse in Charles's Wain, called Alioth. 1876Browning Pacchiarotto xxi, A Spare-Horse? Be rather a thill-horse. |