Meaning of 'thurl'

Find the meaning of the word ‘thurl’

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Meaning of ‘thurl’

4 definitions found.

thurl

A hole; an aperture. [Obs.]

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

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

(Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

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