1. shire

noun. ['ˈʃaɪr'] British breed of large heavy draft horse.

Rhymes with Shire

• barbed-wire
• reacquire
• require
• perspire
• mcquire
• mcgwire
• mcguire
• martyre
• maguire
• inspire
• inquire
• glenayre
• frymire
• expire
• striar
• squire
• safire
• retire
• rehire
• o'dwyer
• aspire
• alkire
• admire
• swire
• spire
• smyre
• skier
• schreyer
• quire
• dwire

2. shire

noun. ['ˈʃaɪr'] a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county.

Sentences with shire

1. Noun, singular or mass
The office of sheriff dates to medieval England; the word is a shortened version of shire-reeve, the person responsible for maintaining order in the shire, the forerunner to modern-day counties.