eyre Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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 continent
    Lake Eyre.

WordNet

Eyre noun
Etymology
OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.
Definitions
  1. (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). ✍ They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.

Webster 1913