foggage

English

Etymology

From fog +‎ -age; see fog (etymology 2).

Noun

foggage (countable and uncountable, plural foggages)

  1. (UK, archaic) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.
    Synonym: fog

Verb

foggage (third-person singular simple present foggages, present participle foggaging, simple past and past participle foggaged)

  1. To leave (dead or decaying grass) on land (in the autumn or winter) as foggage.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:foggage.

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