eyre

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continentSynonyms: Eyre Lake Eyre

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Eyre \Eyre\ ([^a]r), n. [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.] (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). [1913 Webster]

Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties. [1913 Webster]