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pannage

noun

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French pasnage (modern French panage), from Late Latin pasnadium, pastinaticum, from pastionare (“to feed on mast, as swine”), from Latin pastio (“a pasturing, grazing”). See pastor.

  1. derived from pasnage

Definitions

  1. Acorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.

  2. Feeding of pigs on acorns and beech mast in the woods.

  3. The right to feed pigs in this manner.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A tax formerly paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA