3 entries under this word
[O. Eng. brouse, brouze, brooze. See infra.] To eat or nibble off, as the ends of branches of trees, shrubs, &c., by cattle or deer.
Yea, like the stag, when snow the pasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. Shak.
[imp. & p. p. BROWSED; p. pr. & vb. n. BROWSING.] To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as cattle, sheep, and goats.
Wild beasts there browse, and make their food Her grapes and tender fruits. Milton.
(brows), n. [O. Fr. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, brouster, to browse, Sp. broza, remains of leaves, brota, bud or gem of a vine, Pr. brot; Fr. brot, browse, browse-wood, O. H. Ger. broz, N. H. Ger. brosz, Prov. Ger. broza and broszt, bud, shoot, O. H. Ger. prozzen, M. H. Ger. brozzen, N. H. Ger. brossen, to sprout, Armor. brous, brōns, sprout, bud, broust, broustu, to eat, graze, to become bushy, broustal, young wood, shoot. See BOURGEON.] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals.
The whiles their goats upon the browses feed. Spencer.
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. Dryden.