Herbage
['hɜːbɪdʒ] or ['ɝbɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture.
(n.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man.
Inputed by Elizabeth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Herbs, grass, pasture.
Typist: Loretta
Examples
- Wildeve turned the light eagerly upon the spot where Venn had found the box, and mauled the herbage right and left. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Just then, there emerged from a near copse two goats and a little kid, by the mother's side; they began to browze the herbage of the hill. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Conceive a dell, deep-hollowed in forest secresy; it lies in dimness and mist: its turf is dank, its herbage pale and humid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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