grange

Definition

A granary.

Etymology

From Middle English graunge, borrowed from Old French grange (“granary; barn; small farm”), from Vulgar Latin *grānica, from Latin grānum (“grain”).

Example Sentences

• "[…] the loose unleter'd Hinds, / When for their teeming Flocks, and granges full / In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan."
• "What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is Venice. My house is not a grange."

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