pannage
/ (ˈpænɪdʒ) /
noun archaic
pasturage for pigs, esp in a forest
the right to pasture pigs in a forest
payment for this
acorns, beech mast, etc, on which pigs feed
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Word Origin for pannage
C13: from Old French pasnage, ultimately from Latin pastion-, pastiō feeding, from pascere to feed
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Example sentences from the Web for pannage
The pannage pig or the grass swine, which the villeins give in return for mast and herbage, is often mentioned.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William MaitlandHe must pay toll to the bishop when he buys and sells; he must pay tace, apparently the pannage of a later time, for his pigs.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William MaitlandWe constantly find such entries as "a wood for pannage of fifty hogs."
Pannage is paid in the same way for the swine grazing in the woods.
Villainage in England|Paul Vinogradoff