pasturage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   land used or suitable for grazing livestock

   The valley provides rich pasturage for sheep throughout the summer.

2. 2
   noun

   grass and other vegetation available for grazing animals

   Drought reduced the pasturage and forced the herders to move their cattle.

3. 3
   noun

   the right to graze livestock on a particular area of land

   The old agreement granted local farmers common pasturage on the hillside.

From Middle French pasturage, now pâturage, and analyzable in English as pasture plus -age. Pasture ultimately comes from Latin pastūra, 'grazing or feeding,' from pāscere, 'to feed.'

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