chiminage

Etymology

From Old French cheminage, from chemin (“way, road”).

Why this word is great

CHIMINAGE — [Noun] A toll paid for passage through a forest. From Old French cheminage, from chemin ("way, road"). Unlike "toll" (a generic fee for passage) or "wayleave" (a right of transit without the arboreal weight), chiminage is the whisper of coins exchanged beneath cathedral canopies of oak and pine. It is the creak of a forester’s gate, the glint of silver in a mossy palm, and the unspoken pact between traveler and woodland—a fleeting reminder that even the deepest solitude has its price.

noun

A toll paid for passage through a forest.“Chiminage ſhal not be taken but in ſuch places only wher it hath ben vſed to be. Those which beare upon their backes bruſhment, barke or cole to ſel; though it be their liuing, ſhall paie no chiminage to our foſters”