Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In old law: The gain or profit of tilled or planted land; crop.
Wiktionary
- n. UK, law, obsolete The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
- n. The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
- n. The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself.
Etymologies
- Old French gaignage pasturage, crop, French gaignage pasturage. See gain (verb). (Wiktionary)
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“And I think I've gained a few pounds since I've been here; (so I need to be active to avoid any more unnecessary gainage!”
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