Grange (?), n. [F. grange barn,
LL. granea, from L. granum grain. See Grain a
kernel.] 1. A building for storing grain; a
granary. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A farmhouse, with the barns and other
buildings for farming purposes.
And eke an officer out for to ride,
To see her granges and her bernes wide.
Chaucer.
Nor burnt the grange, nor bussed the milking
maid.
Tennyson.
3. A farmhouse of a monastery, where the
rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited. [Obs.]
4. A farm; generally, a farm with a house at
a distance from neighbors.
5. An association of farmers, designed to
further their interests, and particularly to bring producers and
consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial
relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first
grange was organized in 1867. [U. S.]
