pasturage

[pas-cher-ij, pahs-]

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noun

pasture.

the activity or business of pasturing livestock.

Origin of pasturage

First recorded in 1525–35; pasture + -age

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Related Words for pasturage

grassland, pasture, prairie, plain, meadow, steppe, savanna, farming, ranching, turf, fodder, forage, hay, grain, meal, corn, barley, food, rug, carpet

Examples from the Web for pasturage

Historical Examples of pasturage

The nomads of Asia follow the pasturage from month to month.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A soft hillside of pasturage succeeded, down which the men ran like schoolboys.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
The grasses and clovers are of course used for pasturage and hay.
Agriculture for Beginners
Charles William Burkett
The ground has been hitherto, I believe, used chiefly for pasturage.
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
Samuel Johnson
There the fertility is splendid; the pasturage is incomparable.
In Search of the Castaways
Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for pasturage

pasturage

noun

the right to graze or the business of grazing cattle

another word for pasture

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Word Origin and History for pasturage

1530s, from Old French pasturage (13c, Modern French pâturage), from pasturer "to pasture" (see pasture (v.)).