† way-serjeantn.Obsolete an officer appointed to collect tolls levied on travellers for the upkeep of forest roads; cf. way-reeven.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > officials responsible for roads
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1334 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) II. 84/2 En eyde de lour ferme de Weyserjauntz qe soleyent estre en foreyn boys pur le Cheminage, laquele Cheminage & Weywodewares sount ore defete par reson de la Porale.