ensilage
verbEtymology French
1
To preserve in a silo.
- to ensilage cornstalks
ensilage
nounEtymology French
1
The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
2
Archaic Synonym of silage.
- Comparing the ensilage of this season with that produced during the past five years at the station, we can safely say that this ensilage was by far the best yet made at this station.1890, Ensilage and Silos, page 72:
- An American paper, is summarising the value of ensilage, says that twenty years' experience in the use of the silo has brought out some facts about which all are agreed.1901 May 10, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 136: