foggage

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noun

Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:foggage.”

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Meanings

nounfoggage (countable and uncountable, plural foggages)

plural foggages

  1. UKarchaiccountableuncountableDead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.

    Synonyms: fog

verbfoggage (third-person singular simple present foggages, present participle foggaging, simple past and past participle foggaged)

present singular third person foggages · participle present foggaging · participle past foggaged · past foggaged

  1. To leave (dead or decaying grass) on land (in the autumn or winter) as foggage.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:foggage.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.

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fog
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fog

Origin

From fog + -age; see fog (etymology 2).

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APA

foggage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foggage

MLA

“foggage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foggage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foggage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foggage.

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