agistment

[ uh-jist-ment ]

noun

, Obsolete.

1. the act of agisting.
2. a contract or an agreement to agist.
3. the fee paid or the profit made in agisting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agistment¹

First recorded in 1605–15; agist + -ment

Example Sentences

Agistment, or the taking in of cattle or live stock to feed at a rate of so much per head, is a contract of bailment.

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But then the tithe of pasture agistment, as it was called, could no longer have been evaded.

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But the most valued is that of agistment or pasturage, especially of ponies.

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