About The Word Shire
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Shire
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What's The Definition Of Shire?
[n] British breed of large heavy draft horse
[n] (British) a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county Synonyms | Synonyms for Shire: shire horse Related Terms | Find terms related to Shire: See Also | administrative district | administrative division | county town | draft horse | draught horse | dray horse | shire town | territorial division Shire In Webster's Dictionary \Shire\, n. [AS. sc[=i]re, sc[=i]r, a division, province,
county. Cf. {Sheriff}.]
1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the
supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually
identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a
smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire,
Hallamshire.
An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a
county or shire. --Blackstone.
2. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous
townships; a county. [U. S.]
Note: Shire is commonly added to the specific designation of
a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead
of York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire instead
of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of
Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological,
are used in England. In the United States the composite
word is sometimes the only name of a county; as,
Berkshire county, as it is called in Massachusetts,
instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.
The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and
Thames separate the counties of Northumberland,
Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc. --Encyc.
Brit.
{Knight of the shire}. See under {Knight}.
{Shire clerk}, an officer of a county court; also, an under
sheriff. [Eng.]
{Shire mote} (Old. Eng. Law), the county court; sheriff's
turn, or court. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
{Shire reeve} (Old Eng. Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a
shire; a sheriff. --Burrill.
{Shire town}, the capital town of a county; a county town.
{Shire wick}, a county; a shire. [Obs.] --Holland.
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