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Webster 1913 Edition

Hayward

Hay′ward

(hā′wẽrd)
,
Noun.
[
Hay
a hedge +
ward
.]
An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hayward

HA'YWARD

,
Noun.
[hay and ward, hedgeward.] A person who keeps the common herd or cattle of a town, and guards hedges or fences. In New England, the hayward is a town officer whose duty it to impound cattle, and particularly swine which are found running at large in the highways, contrary to law.

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