THURL

Etymology 1

Verb

thurl (third-person singular simple present thurls, present participle thurling, simple past and past participle thurled)

(transitive, obsolete) To cut through; to pierce.

(transitive, mining, obsolete) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

Noun

thurl (plural thurls)

A hole; an aperture.

(mining) A short communication between adits in a mine.

(mining) A long adit in a coalpit.

Etymology 2

Noun

thurl (plural thurls)

(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.

Source: Wiktionary


Thurl, n. Etym: [AS. a hole. *53. See Thirl, Thrill.]

1. A hole; an aperture. [Obs.]

2. (Mining) (a) A short communication between adits in a mine. (b) A long adit in a coalpit.

Thurl, v. t. Etym: [See Thrill.]

1. To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

2. (Mining)

Definition: To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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