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Soilage

//ˈsɔɪlɪd͡ʒ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Forage cut and fed to animals while still fresh. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    Act, process, or instance of soiling. uncountable

    "The fear of defilement, violation of self and reification, is revealed by the way the respondents described the burglaries in which there was neither breakage, soilage, or, sometimes, any disorder. In such cases, burglary is called work and is said tot have been "cleanly done"[.]"

  3. 3
    Soil. obsolete, uncountable

    "[…] which was pulled down in the year 1549. The bones of the dead, couched u in a Charnel under the Chappel were conveyed from thence to Finsbury Field […] and there laid on a Moorish Ground, in short space after raised by Soilage of the City, upon them to bear Three Wind Mills. The Chappel and Charnel were converted into Dwelling houses, Warehouses, and Sheds for Stationers, […]"

  4. 4
    State or condition of being soiled. uncountable

    "Photograph showing soilage (discoloration) of cotton drill […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From soil (“to feed animals fresh-cut forage”) + -age.

Etymology 2

From soil (“to dirty”) + -age.

Etymology 3

From soil (“earth, ground”) + -age (“collection or appurtenance”).

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