Shire Synonyms

shīr
British breed of large heavy draft horse
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shire-horse

Words Related to Shire

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. herefordshire
  2. cumberland
  3. westmorland
  4. county
  5. shires
  6. kinross-shire

Shire Sentence Examples

  • As a typical example of these organizations the Shire Horse Society may be mentioned.

  • The office, Mark Napier states, is repeatedly mentioned in the family charters as appertaining to the "pultre landis" near the village of Dene in the shire of Linlithgow.

  • Only in a few districts is the climate suitable for Europeans, most of whom live in the Shire Highlands.

  • Barry Links, a triangular sandy track occupying the south-eastern corner of the shire, are used as a camping and manoeuvring ground for the artillery and infantry forces of the district, and occasionally of Scotland.

  • Derbyshire probably originated as a shire in the time of ZEthelstan, but for long it maintained a very close connexion with Nottinghamshire, and the Domesday Survey gives a list of local customs affecting the two counties alike.

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