FOR'AGE, n. [L. voro.]
1. Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass; pasture, hay, corn and oats.
2. The act of providing forage.
Col. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.
If the forage is to be made at a distance from the camp -
3. Search for provisions; the act of feeding abroad.
FOR'AGE, v.i.
1. To collect food for horses and cattle, by wandering about and feeding or stripping the country.
2. To wander far; to rove. Obs.
3. To ravage; to feed on spoil.
FOR'AGE, v.t. To strip of provisions for horses, _c.
