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pennages

pennages is the plural of pennage.

Meaning of pennage

Noun (1)

pennage (countable and uncountable, plural pennages)

  1. The confining of animals in pens.
  2. A fee paid for the accommodation of animals in pens.

Noun (2)

pennage

  1. (obsolete) feathery covering; plumage
    • AND IN THIS REGARD eſpecially, namely for breeding after the ſummer Sunſteed, the Halcyones are of great name and much marked. The very ſeas, and they that ſaile thereupon, know well when they ſit and breed. This very bird ſo notable, is little bigger than a ſparrow: for the more part of her...1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book X.] CHAP. XXXII. Of the Halcyones, or Kings-fiſhers: and the daies good for navigation which they ſhew. Of the Sea-guls and...

Questions about pennages

What is pennages the plural of?
Pennages is the plural of pennage.

Words near pennages in the dictionary

  1. pennaceous
  2. Pennacock
  3. Pennacook
  4. pennae
  5. pennage
  6. pennages
  7. pennal
  8. pennalism
  9. pennals
  10. penname
  11. pennames

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