English
soilage
From soil (“to feed animals fresh-cut forage”) + -age.
Formed from soil ‘to feed animals fresh-cut forage’ + -age
Middle English soile ‘ground, earth’
English soil
Today it means
noun Forage cut and fed to animals while still fresh.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “soilage”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / soilage