pasture

Definition

Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.

Etymology

From Middle English pasture, pastoure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, Old French pasture, from Latin pāstūra, from the stem of pāscō (“to feed, graze”).

Example Sentences

• "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures."
• "So graze as you find pasture."
• "Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed, / But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous […]."