gainage
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French gaignage (“pasturage, crop”), French gaignage (“pasturage”). See gain (verb).
Noun edit
gainage (uncountable)
- (UK, law, obsolete) The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
- The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself[1]
References edit
- ^ John Bouvier (1839) “GAINAGE”, in A Law Dictionary, […], volumes I (A–K), Philadelphia, Pa.: T. & J. W. Johnson, […], successors to Nicklin & Johnson, […], →OCLC.
- “gainage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
From gaine + -age. See gainer.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
gainage m (plural gainages)
Further reading edit
- “gainage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.