Pasturage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pasture; land that is used for pasture. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle wordnet
  3. 3
    The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland wordnet
  5. 5
    The right to graze livestock on a pasture. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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eatageforagebarleybird seedbrancampo

Example

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"But when she saw the goats running about in confusion, and heard Daphnis calling out to her each moment in a louder voice, she quitted her sheep, threw down the pipe, and ran towards Dorcon's pasturage, beseeching him to assist her."

Etymology

From Middle French pasturage (modern French pâturage). By surface analysis, pasture + -age.

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