From Middle English thirl, thiril, from Old English þyrel (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilą (“hole, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷelo- which is *tr̥h₂kʷe + *-lo, from *terh₂-. Related to thrill, drill. By surface analysis, through + -le.
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1dialectal or puristic, otherwise archaicA hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
2dialectalA low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.