a. Obs. [Early ME. wrec-frī, f. WRECK sb.1 1 + FREE a.] Exempted or free from the forfeiture of wrecked vessels and goods.

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1205.  Rot. Chart. (1837), 153/2. Cum socca & sacca & thol & theam & infangeneth[ef] & wrecfri & witefri & lestagefri & locofri.

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1278.  Charter to Cinque Ports, in Rymer’s Fœdera (1816), I. II. 558/1. Et quod habeant infangenethef; & quod sint wrecfry, & wytefry & lestagefry.

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1598.  Hakluyt, Voy., I. 117 (trans. quot. 1278). That they shall be wreckefree, lastagefree, and louecopfree.

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[1706.  Phillips (Wrec-fry); and in later Dicts.]

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