Tilbury

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 (3.2 y) (print)   (I like it!) Fri May 06 2005 at 20:54:37
tilbury

Sixpence ; so called from its formerly being the fare for Crossing over from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:49:06

Til"bu*ry (?), n.; pl. Tilburies (#). [Probably from Tilburyfort, in the Country of Essex, in England.]

A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.

[Written also tilburgh.]

 

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