Oxford \Ox"ford\, a. Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England. {Oxford movement}. See {Tractarianism}. {Oxford School}, a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford ``Tracts for the Times,'' issued the period 1833 -- 1841. --Shipley. {Oxford tie}, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.