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  • tilbury
    tilbury
    noun
    a light two-wheeled carriage without a top.
  • Tilbury
    Tilbury
    noun
    an area in Essex, on the River Thames: extensive docks; principal container port of the Port of London
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tilbury

American  
[til-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈtɪlˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

plural

tilburies

  1. a light two-wheeled carriage without a top.

Tilbury 1 British  
/ -brɪ, ˈtɪlbərɪ /

noun

  1. an area in Essex, on the River Thames: extensive docks; principal container port of the Port of London

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tilbury 2 British  
/ ˈtɪlbərɪ, -brɪ /

noun

  1. a light two-wheeled horse-drawn open carriage, seating two people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tilbury

First recorded in 1790–1800; named after its inventor, a 19th-century English coach-builder

Example Sentences

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And M. de Faverges sprang lightly into his tilbury.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave

I heard him hastily packing his modest wardrobe; and in fifteen minutes a tilbury had whirled him away—whither, Heaven only knows.

From Trifles for the Christmas Holidays by Armstrong, H. S.

To enter London in his tilbury, beaver skin gloves.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.

After five minutes had gone by, he noticed that there at his left, at the very foot of the tilbury, was the fortune teller's house,—the very same as Rita had once consulted.

From Brazilian Tales by Goldberg, Isaac

Dr. Veron drove a fine horse and tilbury, and Sue was not content until he could do the same.

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by Bartlett, David W.

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