gainage

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gainage

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

noun

UK, obsolete, uncountable The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
uncountable The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself

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@misc{gainage_2026,
  title = {gainage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gainage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}