† streadn.
Obsolete rare.
Apparently a constable's ‘beat’ or district.
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1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 136 Euery Constable warnyd wythin hys stread euery man to be in the Fen in the mornyng.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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