tilbury /ˈtɪlbəɹi/ noun2 •(historical) A small open two-wheeled carriage.Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky. — 1829 •(slang, no longer used) Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort). formstilburies