Ensilage

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.