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pasturage

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pas·tur·age  (pschr-j)
n.
1. The grass or other vegetation eaten by grazing animals.
2. Land covered with grass or vegetation suitable for grazing animals.
3. The business of grazing cattle.

pasturage [ˈpɑːstʃərɪdʒ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the right to graze or the business of grazing cattle
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) another word for pasture

pasturage
pastoralism.
See also: Agriculture
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pasturage - succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2.pasturage - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattlepasturage - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
Translations
pasturage
n
(= grass)Weide f
(= right of pasture)Weiderecht nt


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After a long and harassing day's march, without pausing for a noontide meal, they were compelled, at nine o'clock at night, to encamp in an open plain, destitute of water or pasturage.
The replies this theory gives to historical questions are like the replies of a man who, watching the movements of a herd of cattle and paying no attention to the varying quality of the pasturage in different parts of the field, or to the driving of the herdsman, should attribute the direction the herd takes to what animal happens to be at its head.
They had in fact nothing to wish for, but the marriage of Colonel Brandon and Marianne, and rather better pasturage for their cows.
 
 
 
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