Obs. [f. FOLD sb.2 + -AGE. Cf. FALDAGE.] a. = FALDAGE. b. The practice of feeding sheep in movable folds.
1533–4. Act 25 Hen. VIII., c. 13 § 7. Euerie personne … which … shal haue … libertie of foldage.
1628. Coke, On Litt., II. x. § 170. To haue … Franke foldage … a man may make a Title by vsage and prescription only without any matter of record.
1657. Sir H. Grimstone, in Croke’s Rep., I. 475. Land which was … made good by foldage, or other industrious means.
