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▪ I. † foldage1 Obs.|ˈfəʊldɪdʒ|
[f. fold n.2 + -age. Cf. faldage.]
a. = faldage.
b. The practice of feeding sheep in movable folds.
1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII. c. 13 §7 Euerie personne..which..shal haue..libertie of foldage. 1628Coke On Litt. ii. x. §170 To haue..Franke foldage..a man may make a Title by vsage. 1657Sir H. Grimstone in Croke's Rep. I. 475 Land which was..made good by foldage, or other industrious means.
▪ II. foldage2 Her.|ˈfəʊldɪdʒ|
[f. fold n.3 or v.1 + -age.]
(See quot. 1688.)
1688R. Holme Armoury ii. xvii. 396 Foldage when these kind of Leaves have several foldings and turnings, one from another: as in mantles. Some call them Festune heads. 1703in Jrnl. Derbysh. Archæol. Soc. III. 33 Runing of foldage in the margent of the pannels. |