agistment

agistment has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.
• n.. The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.
• n.. The price paid for such feeding.
• n.. A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.