ramage

American  

[ram-ij] / ˈræm ɪdʒ /

noun

Anthropology.

1. a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.

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Etymology

Origin of ramage

1610–20, in sense “the branches of a tree” (1936 in this sense); < French, equivalent to ram- ( Old French ram, raim ) branch (< Latin rāmus ) + -age -age

Example Sentences

Asked if that meant the defendant also denied being in Orif village during the ramage, the spokesperson declined comment.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023

Athwart the ramage where the young leaves press It came to me, ah, call it what you will Vision or waking dream, I see it still!

From A Woman's Love Letters by Hensley, Sophia Margaret

My lute, be as thou wert when thou did'st grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow.

From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner

Sometimes a sunburst from the sky touches the woodland, and the ramage aloft sparkles like a gauze of silver over the russet and gold beneath.

From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden

My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow.

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various