silage
See also: Silage
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Etymology edit
Alteration (probably by influence of silo) of ensilage (1881), itself from French ensilage, from ensiler (“put in a silo”), from Spanish ensilar.
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Noun edit
silage (usually uncountable, plural silages)
- Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.
- 1939, Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 57, page 506:
- Compared to the corn silages, the sweetclover silages are much higher in digestible crude protein, but lower in total digestible nutrients.
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fodder stored in a silo
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Verb edit
silage (third-person singular simple present silages, present participle silaging or silageing, simple past and past participle silaged)
- To ensile.