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wayleave

wayleave noun: a right of way granted by a landowner.

Noun

wayleave (countable and uncountable, plural wayleaves)

  1. A right of way granted by a landowner.
    • Our first precise information is contained in a Deed of Mutual Covenants dated October 1, 1863, and made between the Rhosydd Slate Co. Ltd. and H. B. Roberts, whereby the latter granted the company a wayleave under which it constructed a railway and incline from its property to the Croesor Tramway....1941 June, C. Hamilton Ellis, Charles E. Lee, “The Welsh Highland Railway—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 250
  2. (US) A right to cross land.

Forms of wayleave

pluralwayleaves
alternative formway leave

Origin of wayleave

From way + leave (“permission”).

Questions about wayleave

What does wayleave mean?
Wayleave means a right of way granted by a landowner.
What part of speech is wayleave?
Wayleave is a noun.
What is the plural of wayleave?
The plural of wayleave is wayleaves.

Words near wayleave in the dictionary

  1. waylayer
  2. waylayers
  3. waylaying
  4. waylayings
  5. waylays
  6. wayleave
  7. wayleaves
  8. Wayleen
  9. wayleggo
  10. wayless
  11. waylessness

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