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chiminage

chiminage noun: a toll paid for passage through a forest.

Noun

chiminage (plural chiminages)

  1. (obsolete) A toll paid for passage through a forest.
    • Chiminage ſhal not be taken but in ſuch places only wher it hath ben vſed to be. Those which beare upon their backes bruſhment, barke or cole to ſel; though it be their liuing, ſhall paie no chiminage to our foſters1564, Statutes made and established from the Time of Kyng Henry the Thirde

Forms of chiminage

pluralchiminages

Origin of chiminage

From Old French cheminage, from chemin (“way, road”).

Questions about chiminage

What does chiminage mean?
Chiminage means a toll paid for passage through a forest.
What part of speech is chiminage?
Chiminage is a noun.
What is the plural of chiminage?
The plural of chiminage is chiminages.

Words near chiminage in the dictionary

  1. chimichurri
  2. chimichurris
  3. chimick
  4. Chimila
  5. Chimilas
  6. chiminage
  7. chiminages
  8. chiminea
  9. chimineas
  10. chiming
  11. chiming in

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