| 单词 | in forage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin forage a. The action of foraging or providing forage; hence, a roving search for provisions of any kind; sometimes, a raid for ravaging the ground from which the enemy draws his supplies. †in forage: in search of forage. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > foraging forage1481 foraging1481 foragement1596 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] > going about with intention of raveninga1398 forage1481 foraging1481 outriding?c1500 marauding1684 maraud1804 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xxxviii. 76 The Captayns..were ordeyned for to lede the peple in fourage. c1500 Melusine (1895) lix. 351 Sayeng that they were frendes and that they had be all that nyght in fourrage. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. vi. 492 And thence made forrages into the Countrey. 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal iv I went upon the forage to get something to eat. 1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) i. i. 39 My own brother..headed a detachment for forage. < as lemmas |
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