1763 J. Woodforde Diary 11 June in Woodforde at Oxf. (1969) 134 At Bowles this afternoon..in our Green won 0. 2. 0. For Wine in the Green 0. 0. 6. For Greenage to the Gardner 0. 0. 3.

1837 Blackburn Standard 10 May 4/3 The first game is always for the greenage; and the last for a welch-rabbit, with which they invariably finish up at the Bowling-green House.

1890 Isle of Man Times 30 July 1/4 (advt.) Finch Hill (private) bowling club... Visitors introduced by members, welcomed, and can play on payment of threepence per day, greenage, or one shilling a week.

1931 G. Burrows Bowls—Theory & Pract. iv. 40 In the majority of these small clubs there is an hourly or nightly greenage fee to be paid.

2010 Leek Post & Times (Nexis) 24 Mar. 55 Cheadle BC [i.e. Bowls Club] membership is £10 while council ‘greenage’ is £30 for a standard season ticket.

1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 544/2 The greenage of the trees and meadows.

1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 82 The dried stalks of last year's vegetation, which..are wonderfully effective in toning down the dappled greenage of the living leaves.

1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 136 The saps that in their live originals climb; Yester's quick greenage here set forth in mime.

2007 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 22 Oct. (Nexis) 5 Of all the reasons the state Department of Transportation and Chain Saws has for clear-cutting greenage along Interstate 20, profiting from the wood isn't high on the list.