thrills

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But I’m leadin’ a melancholy horse up to a mournin’ wagon, before the thills are on, so I’ll stop eppisodin’ and resoom forwards.

From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta

Uncle Eb took it to the tool shop in the stable and put it in shipshape order and made a little pair of thills to go in place of the tongue.

From Eben Holden, a tale of the north country by Bacheller, Irving

Three horses were harnessed abreast, the middle one standing between the thills, which were hung with bells.

From The Baron's Sons by J?kai, M?r

It was such a novel thing to be hauled around in those two-wheeled carts, one man pulling at the thills and another pushing at the rear.

From An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China by Conger, Emily Bronson

The lines were like steel rods; the sleigh literally swung by them; the traces hung slack inside the thills.

From Prairie Folks by Garland, Hamlin