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Wiltshire [wilt-sheer, -sher] Examples noun
- Also Wilts [wilts] /wɪlts/. a county in S England. 1345 sq. mi. (3485 sq. km). County seat: Salisbury.
- one of an English breed of white sheep having long, spiral horns.
- Also called Wiltshire cheese. a cylindrical, semihard cheese, moister and flakier than cheddar.
Examples from the Web for wiltshire Contemporary Examples of wiltshire
Wiltshire Police told the Daily Beast the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Cressida Bonas’s Stepfather Commits Suicide
Tom Sykes
January 21, 2014
William and Harry were today cutting the ribbon on a new recovery centre for the charity Help for Heroes in Wiltshire.
Harry’s Helping Hand For Heroes
Tom Sykes
May 20, 2013
The centre in Wiltshire can accommodate 50 residents, four families and more than 150 day visitors.
Harry’s Helping Hand For Heroes
Tom Sykes
May 20, 2013
Historical Examples of wiltshire
These men come from Wiltshire, and the officers from Hampshire.
Arthur Conan Doyle
His father was a member of New Inn, and a practitioner of the law in Wiltshire.
Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851
Various
Another is just over my head as I write here in my house in Wiltshire.
Arthur Conan Doyle
In Wiltshire stands the “two o’clock chapel,” where Cennick used to preach.
History of the Moravian Church
J. E. Hutton
He knew that no violence was enough to affect a Somersetshire or Wiltshire peasant.
Henry Adams
British Dictionary definitions for wiltshire Wiltshire noun
- a county of S England, consisting mainly of chalk uplands, with Salisbury Plain in the south and the Marlborough Downs in the north; prehistoric remains (at Stonehenge and Avebury); became a unitary authority in 2009: the geographical and ceremonial county includes Swindon unitary authority (established in 1997). Administrative centre: Trowbridge. Pop (excluding Swindon): 440 800 (2003 est). Area (excluding Swindon): 3481 sq km (1344 sq miles)