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earage en · NOUN

Etymology

From ear + -age.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The size of an animal's ears.
    • It is easy to pick out the breeders of the different types, one illustrates hounds with ears that are not only long but broad and heavy and refers continually to hounds with twenty-six to thirty inch earage, […] 1928, Hunter-trader-trapper, volumes 56-57, page 74:
    • Some specimens have been produced with an earage of 27 inches by 7 inches; total weight of specimen about twelve pounds. 1924, South African Poultry Magazine and Small-holder, page 491: