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pasture
  1. Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
  2. Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
  3. (obsolete) Food, nourishment.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The farmer led the cattle to the vast pasture where they could roam and graze on the rich green grass under the open sky.”
pasturage
  1. A pasture; land that is used for pasture.
  2. The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture.
  3. The right to graze livestock on a pasture.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “There was a small area for common pasturage where a shepherd would look after the town's sheep and cattle.”
      “But when central authority broke down, marauding bands lay waste to the land and turned it back into pasturage.”
      “If you were to run the sheep up there, you'd not have to cut into either the forests or the tilled lands to gain pasturage.”
pastern
  1. The area on a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof.
  2. (obsolete) A shackle for horses while pasturing.
  3. (obsolete) A patten.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Rupert covertly extracted with his hoof and pastern the correct payment for Alexander's numerous orders.”
      “The 13-year-old son of Ahonoora shattered his left front pastern on October 2, and underwent surgery the next day, Racing Post reported.”
      “Shorty is a 3-year old brown gelding with a star, strip, snip, connected lower tip, left front sock and right front pastern.”
pasturer
  1. One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze.
pasturages
pasturers
  1. plural of pasturer
pasterns
  1. plural of pastern
pastures
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