pasturare

pasturare [ML] 1 (intr., of animal) to graze. 1230 licitum erit custodibus manerii ‥ non solum in pasturam ‥ set etiam in pratum ‥ immittere ad ~andum E. Ch. S. Paul. 163; 1400 vestras oves ‥ permittentes ‥ peragrare, libere ~antes Pri. Cold. 83. 2 (trans.) to put to graze, feed (animal); b (pass.); c (absol.); d (spec., w. ref. to pigs) to provide pannage for. 1305 prior est ‥ dominus communis pasture et potest ~are in eadem pastura ‥ iiijxx bident’ Ext. Hadleigh 230; 1338 quod S. ‥ ~at in eadem foresta ‥ c bidentes Cart. Boarstall 564; 1389 suscepimus dictos pastores cum ovibus ‥ veniendo ibidem morando et oves illas ~ando RScot 99a; 1400 ~abant viginti bestias ‥ in parco predicto AncD D 300; 1533 nullus tenens ~abit seu conducet oves suas ultra quandam viam in communi campo Banstead II 105.  b 1275 dabit pro quolibet averio ut possit ~ari in pastura comitisse ‥ quad Ac. Stratton 7; 1453 decimas animalium, que in ‥ parochiis ~antur Conc. III 567a..  c 1275 Petrus et heredes sui ‥ ~abunt cum hominibus meis et hominibus sancte Bege ‥ cum omnibus prenominatis catellis Reg. S. Bees 324.  d c1290 burgenses ‥ qui porcos habuerint ‥ dent rectum takcum quando ~ant infra predictas communas (Altrincham) BBC 82. 3 (p ppl.): a (as adj., of animal) put to pasture, that grazes; b (as sb. f., right of) pasturage, pasture. a 1270 in stipend’ ‥ unius vaccarii custodientis animalia ~ata in pastura comitisse MinAc 1118/17 r.5; solebant habere unam vaccam ~atam cum ovibus domini Cust. Battle 56.  b 1551 pasturam et ~atam CalPat 235.