Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pannage

Pannage , noun

[Old French pasnage, Late Latin pasnadium, pastinaticum, from pastionare to feed on mast, as swine, from Latin pastio a pasturing, grazing. See Pastor.]

(a)
(O. Eng. Law) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns.
(b)
(O. Eng. Law) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.