pasturage

/'pɑ:stjuridʤ/

Thân thiện

The farmer checks the quality of the pasturage in the field.

Definition

Noun: 1. Land used for grazing animals: Pasturage refers to land covered with grass or other plants suitable for livestock to eat. 2. The grass or vegetation on such land: Pasturage can also mean the plants themselves that animals graze on. 3. The right or practice of grazing animals on land: This meaning refers to the act of putting animals out to pasture or the legal right to do so.

Usage

Pasturage is a formal or technical term often used in agricultural, legal, and environmental contexts. It specifically describes land or vegetation for grazing, rather than cultivated fields for hay or crops.

Examples

• Land for grazing:
  • The farmer's vast pasturage supported a herd of over two hundred cattle.
  • They converted the old farmland into rich pasturage for their sheep.
• Grazing vegetation:
  • The summer rains provided excellent pasturage for the horses.
• Right to graze:
  • The dispute centered on the ancient right of pasturage on the common land.

Advanced Usage

• "Right of pasturage": A legal term for the entitlement to graze livestock on a specific piece of land, often a common or shared area.
  • The villagers held the right of pasturage in the forest clearing.

Variants and Related Words

• Pasture (n/v): A more common word with a very similar meaning (grazing land; to put animals to graze).
• Pastoral (adj): Relating to the countryside, especially in an idealized way, or relating to the keeping of grazing animals.
  • The painting depicted a pastoral scene with shepherds and pasturage.
• Pasturage is sometimes used interchangeably with forage, though forage more broadly includes any food (like hay) eaten by grazing animals.

Synonyms

• Grazing land
• Rangeland
• Lea (poetic/literary)
• Grassland (broader ecological term)

Antonyms

• Arable land (land suitable for growing crops)
• Cropland
• Desert (land incapable of supporting grazing vegetation)

Học thuật

Noun

1. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
2. succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land

Từ đồng nghĩa

• eatage
• forage
• pasture
• grass
• herbage