pannage

noun

pan·nage

variants or panage

ˈpanij

plural -s

: the act of pasturing swine in a wood or forest (as in medieval England)

: the legal right or privilege of such pasturing

: the charge or payment made for this privilege

: food (as acorns, beechnuts) for swine in a forest

Word History

Etymology

Middle English pannage, from Anglo-French pannage, pasnage, from Old French paasnaige, from Medieval Latin pasnagium, pannagium, alteration of pastionaticum payment for pannage, from Latin pastion-, pastio feeding, grazing (from pastus —past participle of pascere to pasture, feed, graze—+ -ion-, -io -ion) + -aticum -age