til·bur·y (t?l?b?r??, -b?-r?)n. pl. til·bur·ies A light, two-wheeled, open carriage with a bench seat, used in the 1800s.[After Tilbury, a London coach builder of the 1800s.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.tilbury (?t?lb?r?; -br?) n, pl -buriesa light two-wheeled horse-drawn open carriage, seating two people[C19: probably named after the inventor]Tilbury (?t?lb?r?; -br?) n (Placename) an area in Essex, on the River Thames: extensive docks; principal container port of the Port of LondonCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014til?bur?y (?t?l?b?r i, -b? ri) n., pl. -ries. a light two-wheeled carriage without a top. [1790?1800; after its inventor, a 19th-century English coach-builder] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.