constablewick
English
Etymology
From constable + wick (“village”)Category:English compound terms#CONSTABLEWICK.
Noun
constablewick (plural constablewicks)Category:English lemmas#CONSTABLEWICKCategory:English nouns#CONSTABLEWICKCategory:English countable nouns#CONSTABLEWICKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONSTABLEWICKCategory:Pages with entries#CONSTABLEWICKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CONSTABLEWICK
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CONSTABLEWICK) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
- 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:
- If directed to the constable of D. he is not bound to execute the warrant out of the precincts of his constablewickCategory:English terms with quotations#CONSTABLEWICK
References
- “constablewick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.