pannage
noun
pan·nage
variants or panage
ˈpanij
plural -s
1
a
: the act of pasturing swine in a wood or forest (as in medieval England)
b
: the legal right or privilege of such pasturing
c
: the charge or payment made for this privilege
2
: 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