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ensilage

[ en-suh-lij ]

noun

  1. the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
  2. fodder preserved.


verb (used with object)

ensilaged, ensilaging.

ensilage

/ ˈɛԲɪɪ /

noun

  1. the process of ensiling green fodder
  2. a less common name for silage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of ensilage1

From French, dating back to 1875–80; ensile, -age
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As explained by Le Gruyère, the cows which produce milk for gruyere are “solely fed on natural forage — fresh grass in summer and hay in winter, with no additives or ensilage.”

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Feed corn, stalks, pumpkins, ensilage and plenty of vegetables in winter.

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When a specialty is made of stock raising it is well to provide some ensilage to feed at night through the winter, in connection with the cane pasturage.

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The consequence of all this was that a big ranchman spoke of his summer range with the same sense of proprietorship and security of possession as of his alfalfa field or pits of ensilage.

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For it doth make best ensilage, For those in dairying engage, It makes the milk in streams to flow, Where dairymen have a good silo.

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