Crossword clues for ensilage
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ensilage \En"si*lage\, n. [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See Silo.]
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.
The fodder preserved in a silo.
Ensilage \En"si*lage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensilaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging.] To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1879, from French ensilage, from ensiler "put in a silo," from Spanish ensilar (see silo).
Wiktionary
n. The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder vb. (context transitive English) To preserve in a silo.
WordNet
n. fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo [syn: silage]
Usage examples of "ensilage".
While some have succeeded in making good ensilage, in many cases it has not proved satisfactory.
In dry climates this would seem to be unnecessary, but in rainy climates it may be wise in some instances to make alfalfa ensilage, the better to insure the curing of the crop.
What has been said with reference to clover ensilage will apply almost equally to alfalfa.
It would be more desirable, usually, to make the first cutting from alfalfa into ensilage than later cuttings, because of the showery character of the weather at that season, but the strong objection stands in the way of doing so, that no carbonaceous food, as corn, sorghum or soy beans, is ready for going into the silo then as they are later, with a view of aiding in the better preservation of the ensilage and of making a better balanced ration.
There had been great herds of them, evidently fattened on the coarse vegetables whose remains could be found as a sort of poisonous ensilage at the bottom of the huge stone bins older than Rome.
Now it is admitted by general current that the value of common ensilage, which is inferior to that made from sweet corn, is, when compared with good English hay, as 3 to 1.
Great pits of ensilage was stored, as well as turnips and mangolds, for winter consumption for sheep and cattle.