quoiler
/ˈkwɔɪlə/Now English regional (southern )
noun
Chiefly in plural A leather strap passing around the hindquarters of a carthorse, which allows the cart to be driven backwards or downhill; the breeching. Frequently attributive, as quoiler-harness, quoiler-horse.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in The London Gazette. Probably a variant of coiler.
- Threadneedle Street
- thread vein
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- thready
- threap
- threat
- threaten
- threatener
- threatening
- threateningly
- three
- three-card monte
- three-card trick
- three cheers
- three-colour process
- three-cornered
- three-cushion billiards
- three-decker
- three-dimensional
- three-dimensionality
- three-dimensionally
- threefold
- three-handed
- three-hanky
- three-legged race