tilbury en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈtɪlbəɹi/ (UK)
Etymology
From Tilbury (“surname of the inventor”).
Meanings
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(historical) A small open two-wheeled carriage.
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.
1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital: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 […]
1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in Vanity Fair:
- (obsolete, slang) Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tilburies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |