dial. [Variant of THRILL sb.4, THILL1.] The shaft of a cart or wagon. Also attrib.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 339/2. The Trills, or Sides of the Cart, which the horse is to stand between. Ibid., 340/1. The Trill Horse, that next the Cart, and beareth the sides up with a Back band lying on the Trill Sadle.
1726. Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), s.v. Cart, The Trill-Hooks and Back-band, which holds the sides of the Cart up to the Horse.
1766. Compl. Farmer, s.v. Spiky-roller, Let the trills be placed just on the middle of each frame.
[1905. Eng. Dial. Dict., Thrill, recorded from South Cheshire, but now ‘less commonly used than formerly.’ Also Thrill-bars, Thrill-gears; Thrill-horse, or Thriller, the shaft-horse.] [Randle Holme, with whom the Dictionary entries begin, was a native of Chester.]
