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pannages

pannages is the plural of pannage.

Meaning of pannage

Noun

pannage (countable and uncountable, plural pannages)

  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. (historical) A tax formerly paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.
    • There is there a certain wood called Heton-woode in oaks and the like, in which the tenants of Heton, who hold by charter in fee, have house-bote and hay-bote, of the delivery of the lord; by which that wood is wasted [or much destroyed, destruitur], and on that account does not grow again as much...1861, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Questions about pannages

What is pannages the plural of?
Pannages is the plural of pannage.

Words near pannages in the dictionary

  1. pannacotta
  2. pannacottas
  3. pannade
  4. pannades
  5. pannage
  6. pannages
  7. Pannal
  8. Pannal and Burn Bridge
  9. pannam
  10. pannariaceous
  11. pannarin

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