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FORRAGE

Volume 7 · 49 words · 1797 Edition

in the military art, denotes hay, oats, barley, wheat, grass, clover, &c. brought into the camp by the troopers, for the sustenance of their horses.

It is the business of the quarter-master general to appoint the method of forrage, and post proper guards for the security of the foragers.