pasturage
pasturage
Definition
pasturage
Synonyms
pasturage
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- sheep: The quality of the grass here is very good, and the land is wholly appropriated to the pasturage of sheep.
Converse of object
- afford: Throughout that extent upwards of fifty hills afford abundant pasturage, many of them being green to the summit.
Preposition: for
- sheep: The peat is got extensively for fuel, and the heaths and commons afford good pasturage for sheep and cattle during summer.
Adjective modifier
- common: The wide extent of the common pasturage enabled them to keep large herds, and there was plentiful supply of wood.
- excellent: The whole promontory is covered with excellent pasturage for sheep, intermixed with short heath.
- good: The peat is got extensively for fuel, and the heaths and commons afford good pasturage for sheep and cattle during summer.
- rich: Abundance of wood, water, and rich pasturage.
- scanty: Droughts, scanty pasturage, or deep snows make it shift its ground, but never mere variation of temperature.
Browse dictionary entries near pasturage
- pasturable
- pastry bag
- pastry
- pastrami
- pastorium
- pastorate
- pastoralist
- pastorale
- pastoral
- pastor
- pasture
- pastureland
- pasty
- pat
- pat pend
- pat. pending
- pataca
- patagium
- Patagonia
- Patagonian
