var. HURLY2, influenced by WHIRL.
1886. J. Barrowman, Sc. Mining Terms, 72. Whirley, a hutch, hurley, or tub.
1886. Hodder, Life 7th Earl Shaftesb., I. x. 413. A little child,… whose duty it was, on hearing the approach of a whirley, or coal-carriage, to pull open the door.
