pannage
pannage · pannages
Acorns and beech mast used as forage for pigsAcorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Acorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
(countable, uncountable)Feeding of pigs on acorns and beech mast in the woods.
(countable, uncountable)The right to feed pigs in this manner.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A tax formerly paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French pasnage (modern French panage), from Late LatBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: pannagesWord family
1 related wordsDerivedretropannage
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable