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eatage

eatage noun: edible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath.

Noun

eatage (countable and uncountable, plural eatages)

  1. (dated) Edible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath.
  2. The right to let one's animals eat in a certain place; pasturage.
  3. (colloquial) food

Forms of eatage

pluraleatages

Origin of eatage

From a corruption (as if < eat + -age) of edige, eddish. More at eddish.

Words formed from eatage

Questions about eatage

What does eatage mean?
Eatage means edible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath.
What part of speech is eatage?
Eatage is a noun.
What is the plural of eatage?
The plural of eatage is eatages.

Words near eatage in the dictionary

  1. eat-outs
  2. eatability
  3. eatable
  4. eatableness
  5. eatables
  6. eatage
  7. eatages
  8. Eatanswill
  9. Eatanswills
  10. eatathon
  11. eatathons

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