1) Hip joint in cattle 2) Irish boy name 
cow's hip-joint
• (v. t.) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another. • (n.) A long adit in a coalpit. • (n.) A short communication between adits in a mine. • (v. t.) To cut through; to pierce. • (n.) A hole; an aperture.
Thurl noun [ Anglo-Saxon þyrel a hole. √53. See Thirl , Thrill .] 1. A hole; an aperture. [ Obsolete] 2. (Mining) (a) A short communication between adits in a mine. (b) A long adit in a coalpit. Thurl transitive verb [ See Thrill .] 1. To cut through; to pierce. [ Obsolete] Piers Plowman. 2. (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.