Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiller

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thiller
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The horse that goes between the thills, or shafts of a carriage, and supports them.

noun

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: […]"

Etymology

From thill + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thill

Inflected Forms

thillers (plural)

Questions

What does thiller mean?: The horse that goes between the thills, or shafts of a carriage, and supports them.
Where does thiller come from?: From thill + -er.

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