jan 1, 1619 - browse
Description:
Young twigs of shrubs and trees, used mainly for firewood and animal fodder. 1310-1 <i>Pro brouce amputando ad haias</i>, Embsay (YRS154/296); 1437 ‘Roger Fosse and John Sharpp carried <i>browz</i> and dry wood from the Out-wood’, Stanley (WCR17/89). Used also as a verb: 1619-21 <i>spoyle or waste … by browsing of cattle</i>, Pickering (NRR1/14).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1619
Now
~ 406 years ago