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Answer for the clue "Joint use of a pasture ", 9 letters:
commonage

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Word definitions for commonage in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. property held in common

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The condition of land that is held in common 2 The right to pasture animals on common land

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Commonage \Com"mon*age\, n. [Cf. OF. communage.] The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others. The claim of commonage . . . in most of the forests. --Burke.

Usage examples of commonage.

His politeness for the fair sex has already been hinted at by Miss Rebecca Sharp—in a word, the whole baronetage, peerage, commonage of England, did not contain a more cunning, mean, selfish, foolish, disreputable old man.

Lotbar jumped back into the Land-Rover and drove swiftly to the next road junction, and turned down it towards the open commonage and the school.