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Webster 1913 Edition

Pannage

Pan′nage

,
Noun.
[OF.
pasnage
, LL.
pasnadium
,
pastinaticum
, fr.
pastionare
to feed on mast, as swine, fr. L.
pastio
a pasturing, grazing. See
Pastor
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
(a)
The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; – called also
pawns
.
(b)
A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pannage

PAN'NAGE

,
Noun.
[from L. panis.] The food of swine in the woods; as beach nuts, acorns, &c. called also pawns; also, the money taken by agistors for the mast of the king's forest.

Definition 2024

pannage

pannage

English

Noun

pannage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pannages)

  1. Acorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
  2. A tax formerly paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

Etymology

From Old French pasnage, Late Latin pasnadium, pastinaticum, from pastionare ‎(“to feed on mast, as swine”), from Latin pastio ‎(“a pasturing, grazing”). See pastor.

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