ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English hayward, heyward, from haie, heie enclosure, hedge + ward — more at hay , ward
1.
a. : an officer appointed to keep cattle from breaking through from a town common or roadway into enclosed fields and to impound strays
b. : the keeper of a town's common herd of cattle
2. : field driver