PASTURAGE

eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass

(noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

herbage, pasturage

(noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pasturage (countable and uncountable, plural pasturages)

A pasture; land that is used for pasture.

The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture.

The right to graze livestock on a pasture.

Source: Wiktionary


Pas"tur*age, n. Etym: [OF. pasturage, F. pâturage. See Pasture.]

1. Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

2. Grass growing for feed; grazing.

3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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