Tilbury Definition

tĭlbĕrē, -bə-rē
tilburies
noun
A light, two-wheeled carriage for two persons, popular in the early 19th cent.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tilbury

Noun

Singular:
tilbury
Plural:
tilburies

Origin of Tilbury

  • After Tilbury , a London coach builder of the 1800s

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the surname Tilbury (the invent).

    From Wiktionary

Tilbury Sentence Examples

  • The principal terminus of the Great Eastern Railway is in Liverpool Street (City), but the company also uses Fenchurch Street (City), the terminus of the London, Tilbury & Southend railway, and St Pancras.

  • A noteworthy scheme to improve the condition of the Thames, first put forward in 1902-1903, was that of constructing a dam with four locks across the river between Gravesend and Tilbury.

  • Tilbury Docks are used by the largest steamers trading with the port.

  • Subsequently, he undertook first the secretaryship and then the management and chief ownership of some tile-works at Tilbury, but here also he was unfortunate, and his imprisonment in 1703 brought the works to a standstill, and he lost £3000.

  • Unluckily for him his condemnation had the indirect effect of destroying his business at Tilbury.

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TTITIL

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YRYURY

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