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wayleaves

wayleaves is the plural of wayleave.

Meaning of wayleave

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.

Questions about wayleaves

What is wayleaves the plural of?
Wayleaves is the plural of wayleave.

Words near wayleaves in the dictionary

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

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