pannage

English

Etymology

From Old French pasnage, Late Latin pasnadium, pastinaticum, from pastionare (“to feed on mast, as swine”), from Latin pastio (“a pasturing, grazing”). See pastor.

Noun

pannage (countable and uncountable, plural pannages)

  1. Acorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
  2. A tax formerly paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

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