foragingn.
/ˈfɒrɪdʒɪŋ/ The action of forage v. in various senses.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > foraging
forage1481
foraging1481
foragement1596
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] > going about with intention of
raveninga1398
forage1481
foraging1481
outriding?c1500
marauding1684
maraud1804
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > [noun] > foraging
foraging1651
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xxxv. 72 The noble men..sente out on fouragyng ouer alle the countrey.
1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xvii. 216 A Libian Tiger drawn from his wilder forragings.
1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 20 They..had been signally enriched by the foraging of the previous evening.
1861 J. G. Holland Lessons in Life xxiii. 327 His Childe Harold is nothing but the record of his tireless foraging.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
foraging-expedition n.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > a search for food
foraging-expedition1863
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. v. 363 This ant goes on foraging-expeditions like the rest of its tribe.
foraging-party n.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > forage party
forages1523
foraging-party1780
1780 D. Brodhead in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 10 Unless I send out foraging parties, and impress cattle.
foraging-ship n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > tender or supply vessel
victuallera1572
handmaid1599
magazine ship1617
magazine1624
victualling-ship1665
tender1675
storeship1693
supply ship1778
foraging-ship1809
supply boat1823
powder-hoy1867
oiler1916
1809 Naval Chron. 21 394 (note) The Conqueror..was a foraging ship.
C2.
foraging-cap n. = forage-cap n. at forage n. Compounds 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > military
Monmouth cap1577
watering cap1746
muff-cap1809
shako1816
chaco1826
forage-cap1827
foraging-cap1830
bearskin1843
field cap1845
kepi1861
busby1870
czako1891
forager1891
Brodrick1905
watch cap1909
gorblimey1919
split-arse cap1931
beret1948
piss-cutter1949
1830 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 144 Dressed in a neat blue frock and a foraging cap.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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ˈforaging
ˈforaging adj.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [adjective] > foraging
foraging1624
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. iv. 54 Two of our forraging disorderly souldiers.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclxvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 167 Forraging Bees.
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. v. 351 The Ecitons, or foraging ants.
1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle xix. 306 A foraging squirrel picked up his dinner almost at my feet.
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