gainage

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noun

The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.

OriginOld French gaignage ← French gaignage →
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Meanings

noungainage (uncountable)
  1. UKobsoleteuncountablelawThe horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
  2. uncountableThe profit made by tillage; also, the land itself

Origin

  1. Frenchgaignage“pasturage”
  2. Old Frenchgaignage“pasturage, crop”
  3. Englishgainage

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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