pasturage

[pas-cher-ij, pahs-]

noun

1. pasture.

2. the activity or business of pasturing livestock.

pasturage

/ ˈpɑːstʃərɪdʒ /

noun

1. the right to graze or the business of grazing cattle

2. another word for pasture

Word History and Origins

Origin of pasturage¹

First recorded in 1525–35; pasture + -age

Example Sentences

South Sudanese ministers called for a collective regional response to the outbreak that threatens to devastate crops and pasturage.

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Here in rural Somalia, where about 50% of the people depend on animals for their livelihoods, the locusts are eating the pasturage.

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In 2014, Australian cattle ranchers culled—slaughtered—more than 9 million animals for want of adequate pasturage.

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In this way, I hope to spread among others the gifts lavished upon me for my pains in the College of Lucidity; to loose knowledge from its corral and allow it free pasturage.

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Many herding peoples of Africa and Asia shift camp along regular seasonal routes to take advantage of predictable seasonal changes in pasturage.

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Related Words

• barley 
• corn 
• fodder 
• forage 
• grain 
• hay 
• meal