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Definition of Ensilage
1. Noun. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
Definition of Ensilage
1. n. The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as, the ensilage of fodder.
2. v. t. To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
Definition of Ensilage
1. Noun. The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To preserve in a silo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ensilage
1. to ensile [v -LAGED, -LAGING, -LAGES] - See also: ensile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensilage
Literary usage of Ensilage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"during the last few years, where the practice of ensilage is very common, ...
ensilage IN THE UNITED STATES. Having given in the preceding paragraphs some ..."
2. Autobiography of a Shaker: And Revelation of the Apocalypse ; with an Appendix by Frederick William Evans (1888)
"ensilage. IN connection with Report of Third ensilage Congress, we desire to
publish the latest views of the most experienced ..."
3. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1902)
"ensilage COMPETITION. Report of the Competition of 1884. pp.48. Land. 1885. 8«.
7032. h. 4. (6.) NEW YORK. ensilage Congress. Proceedings, pp. 96. NY 1885. ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1905)
"Lastly, as regards ash or mineral matter, the percentage in the ensilage is ...
The comparison of the rape ensilage with the rape and corn ensilage makes ..."
5. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1906)
"The labor of feeding out the ensilage is much heavier than in feeding the dry
... To feed ensilage profitably one must have some kind of protein feed to ..."
6. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"ensilage consists in covering green fodder with a layer of straw and earth ...
M. Goffart has experimented largely with ensilage, and the result is that he ..."
7. Agriculture by William Penn Brooks (1911)
"Crops for ensilage—The number of crops that have been successfully ensiled in
the United States is not very large. Indian corn is much the most valuable. ..."
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