pasture

Pasture is grassland where animals are put out to feed. Put out to pasture, rich pasture, permanent pasture.

Grazing land is managed carefully — rotating animals between paddocks lets the grass recover and is the difference between good pasture and bare ground. Permanent pasture that has never been ploughed holds a great deal of carbon and biodiversity. Put out to pasture means retired, from the practice with old horses, and is affectionate or insulting depending entirely on who says it about whom.