shire town

noun

1

British : a town that is the seat of the government of a shire

2

New England : a town where a court of superior jurisdiction (such as a circuit court or a court with a jury) sits

Examples of shire town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here in Woodstock, a small shire town of about 3,000 people, the Yankee Bookshop credits local support with the store’s survival. — Gareth Henderson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2021

Now The Shires of Vermont Byway The Shires of Vermont is the name of the southwest corner of Vermont, which includes the historic shire towns of Bennington and Manchester. — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 23 July 2018

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for shire town

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown