For·age n.
1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. --Shak.
One way a band select from forage drives
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.
Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.
2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.
Forage cap. See under Cap.
Forage master Mil., a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.