Sekirov Dictionary

thirl

UK /θɜːl/US /θɝl/

noun5

  1. A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
  2. (dialect) A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
  3. (historical) A thrall.
  4. (no longer used) A short communication between adits in a mine.
  5. (no longer used) A long adit in a coalpit.

verb5

  1. To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
  2. To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.
  3. (historical) To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
  4. (no longer used) To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
  5. (no longer used) To throw (a projectile).
forms

thirled · thirling · thirls

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