Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Thurl
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Thurl
Senses
- A hole; an aperture.(Obs)
- [Mining]
- A short communication between adits in a mine.
- A long adit in a coalpit.
- A short communication between adits in a mine.
Etymology: AS. þyrel a hole. √53. See Thirl Thrill
verb Thurl
Senses
- To cut through; to pierce.(Obs)
- [Mining] To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Etymology: See Thrill
Wiktionary
See thirl.
- A hole; an aperture.
- (mining) A short communication between adits in a mine.
- (mining) A long adit in a coalpit.
- (agriculture, chiefly in the plural) Either of the rear hip joints where the hip connects to the upper leg in certain animals, particularly cattle; often used as a reference point for measurement.