agistment

American  

[uh-jist-ment] / əˈdʒɪst mɛnt /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of agistment

First recorded in 1605–15; agist + -ment

Example Sentences

Fifty acres of grass, well fenced, will, at agistment, bring in tucker and a bit over after the first year, even if you don't use it yourself.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

There is no lien on the cattle for the price of the agistment, unless by express agreement.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The tithe of agistment got rid of by the Irish gentry, and the chief burden of the tithe thereby thrown on the farmers and peasantry.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

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

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

The tithe of agistment or ``tithe of cattle and other produce of grass lands,'' was formally abolished by the act of union in 1707, on a motion submitted with a view to defeat that measure.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg