Middle English Dictionary Entry
aǧist(e)ment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aǧist(e)ment n. |
| Etymology | AF, whence also AL. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The practice of pasturing, or permitting the pasturing, of livestock; also the right to do so, or the land so used.
Associated quotations
- [ (1184) in Stubbs Select Chart.158 : Incipit agistamentum domini regis quindecim dies ante festum Sacti Michaelis, et durat quindecim dies post festum Sancti Michaelis. ]
- [ (1189-99) Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.2296 : Et habeant agistamentum porcorum in boscis suis. ]
- [ c1320(1304) Yrbk.Edw.I in RS 31.423 : Q'il ad agistement a deus cents bestis. ]
- (a1447) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29242 : The saide Priour..suld haue..agistmentz..and pasturs within the saide town of Hilton.
- a1450 Forest Laws (Dc 335)242 : If his swyn renne in to the forest in lettyng of the kynges agistement, ye shul do vs to wite ho oweth hem and the price of hem.