pasturage

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pasturage (countable and uncountable, plural pasturages)

1. A pasture; land that is used for pasture.

   Synonym: pastureland

   Hypernyms: acreage, land, ground

   Coordinate terms: arable, woodlot, woodland

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

   Synonym: forage

   Hypernym: fodder

3. The right to graze livestock on a pasture.

Related terms

• pasturable

See also

• common land