Definitions
the act of searching for food and provisions
Word origin
From Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, to feed”).
Used in a sentence
“To invade the corn, and to their cells convey / The plundered forage of their yellow prey”
“He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.”
“[Charles] Mawhood completed his forage unmolested, and returned to Philadelphia.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Seek provisions”6 letters
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