Ensilage
Ensilage , noun
[French; pref. en- (Latin in) + silo. See Silo.]
1.
The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as, the ensilage of fodder.
2.
The fodder preserved in a silo.
Ensilage , transitive verb
To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.