Shire vs Tourn - What's the difference?
shire | tourn |
Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
(UK, colloquial) The general area in which a person lives, used in the context of travel within the UK.
A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
A shire horse.
To (re]])constitute as one or more shires or [[county, counties.
* 1985 , Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , page 291:
* 2012 , James Lydon, The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present (ISBN 1134981503), page 160:
A circuit made by a medieval English sheriff to the courts of his shire
(UK, dialect, obsolete) spinning wheel
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between shire and tourn
is that shire is former administrative area of britain; a county while tourn is a circuit made by a medieval english sheriff to the courts of his shire.As a verb shire
is to (re]])constitute as one or more shires or [[county|counties.shire
English
Noun
(wikipedia shire) (en noun)- Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
- When are you coming back to the shire ?
Verb
(shir)- Although he still managed formally to shire the province in the summer and autumn of 1585, his plan to establish a presidential government and complete the integration of Ulster into English Ireland met with royal indifference.
- The province was shired into nine counties,
- County Longford was shired in 1586