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foggage

foggage noun: dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.

Noun

foggage (countable and uncountable, plural foggages)

  1. (UK, archaic) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.
    Synonyms:
    fog

Verb

foggage (third-person singular simple present foggages, present participle foggaging, simple past and past participle foggaged)

  1. To leave (dead or decaying grass) on land (in the autumn or winter) as foggage.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:foggage.

Synonyms of foggage

Forms of foggage

Noun
pluralfoggages
Verb
third-person singular presentfoggages
present participlefoggaging
past participlefoggaged
pastfoggaged

Origin of foggage

From fog + -age; see fog (etymology 2).

Questions about foggage

What does foggage mean?
Foggage means dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.
What part of speech is foggage?
Foggage can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of foggage?
The plural of foggage is foggages.

Words near foggage in the dictionary

  1. fogfalls
  2. fogfruit
  3. fogfruits
  4. Fogg
  5. foggable
  6. foggage
  7. foggaged
  8. foggages
  9. foggaging
  10. foggara
  11. foggaras

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