thurl
/θɜrl/
noun
- A hole or passage, especially one that connects two cavities or chambers.
- In the old mine, a thurl connected two separate tunnels.
- The miner crawled through a narrow thurl to reach the next cavern.
- The cave explorers discovered a natural thurl linking the two chambers.
verb
- To bore or pierce a hole through something.
- They had to thurl the wall to run the new pipes through.
- The worker used a drill to thurl the metal plate.
- The machine can thurl wood quickly and cleanly.
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