ramblagen.
/ˈramblɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈræmblɪdʒ/, Manx English /ˈræmblədʒ/ Manx Law.
The action of rambling over land. Chiefly in right of ramblage: the right to ramble over land in addition to passing across it.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > right of way
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right of way1765
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right of ramblage1887
1887 Peel City Guardian 17 Sept. 5/2 The public will not only be able to claim right of way but also right of ramblage over the whole of the headlands down to the shores.
1898 Peel City Guardian 19 Feb. 3/5 The defendant claimed right of ramblage for the people of Rushen.
1898 Peel City Guardian 19 Feb. 3/6 His Honour said that was ramblage.
1930 Times 11 Nov. 10/5 Surely the word ‘ramblage’ is as worthy of preservation as ‘the right of ramblage’ itself.—The Rev. T. G. Phillips, Wesley Manse, Peel, Isle of Man.
1990 V. Robinson & D. McCarroll Isle of Man vi. 86 The Manx National Trust properties afford all the protection possible whilst retaining public access for ramblage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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