Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
   forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
   fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
   futter. See {Fodder} food, and cf. {Foray}.]
   1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

            He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
                                                  --Shak.

            One way a band select from forage drives A herd of
            beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.      --Milton.

            Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.

   2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
      cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.

   {Forage cap}. See under {Cap}.

   {Forage master} (Mil.), a person charged with providing
      forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.