Herbage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Herbage \Herb"age\ (?; 48), n. [F. See {Herb}.]
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     1. Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture.
        "Thin herbage in the plaims." --Dryden.
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     2. (Law.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in
        the grounds of another man. --Blount.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  herbage
       n : succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land [syn: {pasturage}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  HERBAGE, English Law, A species of easement, which consists in the right to 
  feed one's cattle on another man's ground.