Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gavage \Ga`vage"\ (g[.a]`v[.a]zh"), n. [F., fr. gaver to gorge.]
   Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube
   passed through the mouth down to the stomach.

Source : WordNet®

gavage
     n : feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution
         (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will
         not eat [syn: {forced feeding}]