thillern.
/ˈθɪlə/, U.S. /ˈθɪlər/ = thill-horse n. Also attributive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > team of > horse(s) attached to or between shafts
thill-horsec1325
limoneer1524
thiller1552
body horse1558
fill-horse1600
limber1632
filler1695
pole horse1725
shaft-horse1769
wheel-pair1794
wheeler1813
shafter1840
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thyller of a carte, veredus, di.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14v Hole brydle & saddle, whyt leather & nall: with coller & harneis, for thyller [1577 thiller] and all.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 424 His Thiller fell and put his shoulder cleane out of ioynt.
1640 H. Hexham Princ. Art Milit. iii. 5 A halfe Canon..vpon its carriage, drawne with seven couple of horse, and a Thiller horse.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxiii. 172 Limbers,..also called Shafts, Sharps, and Thills; from whence the Horse that goes in them is call'd a Thiller.
1893 Stratford-on-Avon Herald 24 Feb. 4/2, 3 Sets of Harness, Thillers' and Trace Gears.
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