Definition of PANNAGE

pannage

Plural: pannages

Noun

  • Acorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
  • Feeding of pigs on acorns and beech mast in the woods.
  • The right to feed pigs in this manner.
  • A tax formerly paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French pasnage (modern French panage), from Late Latin pasnadium, pastinaticum, from pastionare (“to feed on mast, as swine”), from Latin pastio (“a pasturing, grazing”). See pastor.

Scrabble Score: 10

pannage: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
pannage: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
pannage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pannage: valid Words With Friends Word