chiminage

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noun

A toll paid for passage through a forest.

OriginOld French cheminage →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounchiminage (plural chiminages)

plural chiminages

  1. obsoletelawA 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 foſters

    1564, Statutes made and established from the Time of Kyng Henry the Thirde

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcheminage
  2. Englishchiminage

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

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APA

chiminage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiminage

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“chiminage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiminage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiminage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiminage.

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