winteragen.
/ˈwɪnt(ə)rɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(t)ərɪdʒ/, /ˈwɪntrɪdʒ/, Irish English /ˈwɪnθərɪdʒ/ Chiefly Irish English in later use.
Fodder or pasture for cattle in winter. Also: the action of providing cattle with fodder, shelter, pasture, etc., during the winter.In quot. 1589: (apparently) grain suitable to be used as winter fodder; = winter corn n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > winter or summer fodder
stover1557
winter fodder1567
winterage1589
summering1605
wintering meat1606
winter feeda1722
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > wintering in or out
wintering1477
winterage1589
out-wintering1927
in-wintering1962
1589 J. Bellot tr. Walter of Henley Bk. Thrift f. 4v There where the fieldes are deuided in two, the winterage or wintercorne, and the tramis (otherwayes common barley) are sowen in one and the same field.
1705–6 W. Nicolson London Diaries (1985) App. 706 Thomas Head's Winterage £0–15s–0d.
1804 Lancaster Gaz. 13 Oct. (advt.) In the evening will be let, about 26 acres of very good eddish, and the winterage of the whole estate, in lots.
1872 Leinster Express 2 Nov. 4/1 (advt.) Important unreserved auction of about 280 acres (Irish) of good winterage.
1904 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 13 Oct. 8/1 (advt.) Grazing to let for winterage.
1931 Studies 20 390 Winter food for cattle is therefore mainly hay and ‘winterage’ in the form of overgrown pasture.
1964 Irish Times 28 Nov. 20/3 (advt.) Silage and letting of 20 acres kale, 130 acres winterage, 140 acres well-covered leys.
2015 Irish Examiner (Nexis) 26 Oct. The practice of winterage..is a big part of the reason why there are so many monuments, flowers, and stories in the Burren today.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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