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Definition of pannage in English: pannagenoun ˈpanɪdʒˈpanij mass nounhistorical 1The right of feeding pigs or other animals in a wood. Example sentencesExamples - Pannage, or Common of Mast, stretches back to medieval times and allows commoners, as landowners in the area are known, to graze pigs in the forest.
- 1.1 Pasturage for pigs in woodland.
the putting of pigs out to pannage Example sentencesExamples - Pannage always lasts 60 days but the start date varies according to the weather - and when the acorns fall.
- Pannage is an ancient practice to fatten pigs before slaughter and salting for the winter.
- These shared the general characteristics of being long in the leg and body, covered in wiry hair, and slow to fatten; similar pigs roamed in France and Germany, still kept at pannage with a swineherd.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French pasnage, from medieval Latin pastionaticum, from pastio(n-) 'pasturing', from the verb pascere 'to feed'. Rhymes manage, mismanage, stage-manage Definition of pannage in US English: pannagenounˈpanij historical 1The right or privilege of feeding pigs or other animals in a wood. Example sentencesExamples - Pannage, or Common of Mast, stretches back to medieval times and allows commoners, as landowners in the area are known, to graze pigs in the forest.
- 1.1 Pasturage for pigs in woodland.
the putting of pigs out to pannage Example sentencesExamples - Pannage is an ancient practice to fatten pigs before slaughter and salting for the winter.
- Pannage always lasts 60 days but the start date varies according to the weather - and when the acorns fall.
- These shared the general characteristics of being long in the leg and body, covered in wiry hair, and slow to fatten; similar pigs roamed in France and Germany, still kept at pannage with a swineherd.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French pasnage, from medieval Latin pastionaticum, from pastio(n-) ‘pasturing’, from the verb pascere ‘to feed’. |