WordUnscrambler Home
eyre
Definitions
[ɛː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a circuit court held in medieval England by a judge (a justice in eyre) who rode from county to county
(e.g: in 1221 six justices went on eyre (or circuit) in the western counties)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old French eire, from Latin iter ‘journey’
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for eyre
definition by Oxford Dictionaries