nosethirl

English

Alternative forms

• nosethril [16th-17th c.]

Etymology

From nose +‎ thirl. Compare nostril.

Noun

nosethirl (plural nosethirls)

1. (now UK regional, archaic) A nostril.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:

     proud Encelade, whose wide nosethrils burnd / With breathed flames, like to a furnace red [...].

Anagrams

• helitrons, short line, shortline