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wardable

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Etymology

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From ward +‎ -able.

Adjective

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wardable (not comparable)

  1. (UK, obsolete) Liable to the tax called castle-guard.
    • 1899, Great Britain, Calendar of the State Papers Relating to Ireland ...: Apr. 1599-Feb. 1600, Public Record Office, page 134:
      His Lordship having left a ward there, the castle being wardable, the Lord Mountgarrett was put at liberty, and therehence [the Lord Lieutenant] marched to Limerick, […]
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