ensilage - meaning and definition. What is ensilage
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What (who) is ensilage - definition

FERMENTED, HIGH-MOISTURE STORED FODDER
Ensilage; Haylage; Sylage; Balage; Silage Pile Facing; Lawn clipping silage; Sileage
  • Haylage bales in Tyrol
  • Top view of silage fermentation

Ensilage         
·noun The fodder preserved in a silo.
II. Ensilage ·vt To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
III. Ensilage ·noun 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.
ensilage         
['?ns?l?d?, ?n's??l?d?]
¦ noun another term for silage.
¦ verb another term for ensile.
Origin
C19: from Fr., from ensiler (see ensile).
silage         
['s??l?d?]
¦ noun grass or other green fodder that is compacted and stored in airtight conditions, without first being dried, and used as animal feed in the winter.
¦ verb
1. make silage.
2. preserve as silage.
Derivatives
silaging noun
Origin
C19: alt. of ensilage, influenced by silo.

Wikipedia

Silage

Silage () is a type of fodder made from green foliage crops which have been preserved by fermentation to the point of acidification. It can be fed to cattle, sheep and other such ruminants (cud-chewing animals). The fermentation and storage process is called ensilage, ensiling or silaging. Silage is usually made from grass crops, including maize, sorghum or other cereals, using the entire green plant (not just the grain). Silage can be made from many field crops, and special terms may be used depending on type: oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa (haylage may also refer to high dry matter silage made from hay).

Silage can be made using several methods, largely dependent on available technology, local tradition or prevailing climate.