Both Uses of
forage
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- Yesterday we were under fire, to-day we act the fool and go foraging through the countryside, to-morrow we go up to the trenches again.
p. 138.6 *foraging = searching for and gathering food
- Nothing could look more ludicrous than his forage-cap and his uniform.
p. 176.2forage = used when searching for and gathering food
Definitions:
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(1)
(forage) to search for and gather -- often food and provisions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely: Forage can imply taking other's food or supplies as when soldiers forage on nearby farms. As a noun, it can reference the items found. Finally, at times (especially in classic literature) it is used in reference plant material eaten by animals.