From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thill \Thill\, noun [OE. thille, AS. ?ille a board, plank, beam, thill; akin to ?el a plank, D. deel a plank, floor, G. diele, OHG. dili, dilla, Icel. ?ilja a plank, planking, a thwart, ?ili a wainscot, plank; cf. Skr. tala a level surface. [root]236. Cf. {Fill} a thill, {Deal} a plank.]
1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
2. (Mining) The floor of a coal mine. --Raymond.
{Thill coupling}, a device for connecting the thill of a vehicle to the axle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: one of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it
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