agistment
[ uh-jist-ment ]
/ əˈdʒɪst mɛnt /
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noun Obsolete.
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Example sentences from the Web for agistment
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.
But then the tithe of pasture agistment, as it was called, could no longer have been evaded.
Irish History and the Irish Question|Goldwin SmithBut the most valued is that of agistment or pasturage, especially of ponies.
The Customs of Old England|F. J. Snell