ˈquoiler dial.
Also quiler.
[Cf. coiler2.]
pl. The breech-harness of a cart-horse. Also attrib. as quoiler-harness, quoiler-horse.
1697 Lond. Gaz. No. 3317/4 A black Horse..the Hair rubbed off behind with the Quilers. 1876 Surrey Gloss., Quoilers, the breeching of a cart-harness. Quoiler-harness or thill-harness is the trace-harness. 1901 Kentish Express 13 July 12/4 Good Quoiler Horse. |