thiller
(ˈθɪlə(r))
Also 9 dial. tiller: see also filler2.
[f. thill1 + -er1.]
= next. Also attrib.
| 1552 Huloet, Thyller of a carte, veredus, di. 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 36 Hole bridle and saddle, whit lether and nall, With collers and harneis, for thiller and all. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 330 His Thiller fell and put his shoulder clean out of joynt. 1640 Hexham Princ. Art Milit. iii. 5 A halfe Canon..vpon its carriage, drawne with seven couple of horse, and a Thiller horse. 1733 Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xxiii. 363 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. |