agistment

[ uh-jist-ment ]

/ əˈdʒɪst mɛnt /

the act of agisting.

a contract or an agreement to agist.

the fee paid or the profit made in agisting.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1605–15; agist + -ment

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.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various
But the most valued is that of agistment or pasturage, especially of ponies.
The Customs of Old England|F. J. Snell