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Webster 1913 Edition


Commonage

Com′mon-age

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
communage
.]
The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.
The claim of
commonage
. . . in most of the forests.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Commonage

COMMONAGE

,
Noun.
The right of pasturing on a common; the joint right of using any thing in common with others.

Definition 2024


commonage

commonage

English

Noun

commonage (countable and uncountable, plural commonages)

  1. The condition of land that is held in common
  2. The right to pasture animals on common land