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† ˈplantage Obs.
[a. F. plantage plantation (1427 in Godefroy Compl.), f. planter to plant: see plant v. and -age.]
1. The cultivation of plants; planting.
1632Lithgow Trav. i. 14 There are neither Cornes, nor Wines, nor Village, Plantage, or Cultivage. 1688R. Holme Armory iv. viii. (Roxb.) 328/2 All such as trade in tillage of Land, pasturage, or feeding of cattle or plantage in orderings of orchards and Gardens.
2. Plants in the mass; vegetation, herbage.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. ii. 184 As true as steele, as plantage to the Moone: As Sunne to day: as Turtle to her mate. 1825Southey Tale Paraguay iii. 22 To clear a circle there, And trample down the grass and plantage round. |