pastural, n. and a.
(ˈpɑːstjʊərəl, ˈpæs-)
Also 6 erron. pastorall.
[f. L. pastūra pasture + -al1.]
† A. n. Pasture, pasture-ground. Sc. Obs.
1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 12 Baith abundes in fertilitie of the ground, and nobill pastorall. Ibid. 19 Ane ample and plesand pastural called the forest. |
B. adj. Of or pertaining to pasture.
1725 MS. Indenture (Rotherham, co. York), All pastural tithes. 1854 Clough Poems, etc. (1869) I. 221 The pastural eminence of Primrose Hill. 1886 Pall Mall G. 2 Oct. 4 Our most common pastural ornaments the daisy, buttercup, and primrose. |
¶ An occasional error for pastoral, q.v.