constablewick

English

Etymology

constable +‎ wick

Noun

constablewick (plural constablewicks)

1. (obsolete) 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 constablewick

References

• “constablewick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.