Tilbury
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɪlbəɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tilbury is a noun meaning (historical) A small open two-wheeled carriage.
Meaning
(historical) A small open two-wheeled carriage.
More Meanings
- (slang, obsolete) Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).
Example Sentences
Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.
If she was jocular, he used to revolve her jokes in his mind, and explode over them half an hour afterwards in the street, to the surprise of the groom in the tilbury […]
Word Forms
- tilburies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trolley, wherry, tumble-car, tumbler, tub-gig, trundle.
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