† compasture Obs. rare—1.
[? error for composture; but perh. altered by association with pasture.]
See compost, composture.
| 1627 Speed England xvii, These Heaths by the Compasture of the Sheepe (which we call Tathe) are made so rich with Corne they..match the fruitfullest grounds. |
¶ Error for composture (Shakes. Timon iv. iii. 444).
| 1742–1800 Bailey, Compastures, large Tracts of Pastures or Pasture Grounds, lying together. Shakesp. |