All 3 Uses of
forage
in
Gone with the Wind
- That little flat-topped forage cap Ashley was wearing looked ridiculous.†
Chpt 2.15 *forage = search for and gather -- often food and provisions
- But the only hats obtainable in Atlanta were crudely made wool hats, and they were tackier than the monkey-hat forage caps.†
Chpt 2.15
- Pork foraged far, at times not coming home all night, and Scarlett did not ask him where he went.†
Chpt 3.28foraged = searched for and gathered -- often food and provisions
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.