gainage

English

Etymology

From Old French gaignage (pasturage, crop), French gaignage (pasturage). See gain (verb).

Noun

gainage (uncountable)

  1. (UK, law, obsolete) The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
  2. The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself[1]

References

  1. John Bouvier (1839) “GAINAGE”, in A Law Dictionary, [], volumes I (A–K), Philadelphia, Pa.: T. & J. W. Johnson, [], successors to Nicklin & Johnson, [], →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From gaine + -age. See gainer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gainage m (plural gainages)

  1. sheathing, sleeving

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