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chaceable (s.xiiiex)
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chaceable (s.xiiiex)

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chaçable,  chaseable  
  FEW:  *captiare 2/i,321a Gdf:  chaçable 2,28c GdfC: ∅ TL: chaçable  DEAF:  chacier1  DMF:  chassable  TLF: ∅ OED:  chaseable adj.  MED:  chaceable adj.  DMLBS:  caciabilis 234c

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1lawcapable of being driven away: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Naam n’est mie enportable, menable, ou chaceable  Mir Just 71
2lawlegally allowed to be hunted: 
( 1384; MS: s.xv1 )  toute autre savagyne chaceable  Lett & Pet 237.8
( c.1400 )  une beste chaceable  SAMPS2 (H) 47
3lawliable to legal constraint: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Si ascun tel baillif […] ne voet loial acounte rendre a soun seignur, il est a ceo chaceable par bref d’acounte  Mir Just 76

See also:

rechaceable 
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