perchagecommon nounEtymologyexpandfrom percher with the suffix -age.Definitions1. Action of perching, result of this action.expandLe perchage fait partie du comportement naturel de la pintade.2. Perching consists of introducing large quantities of green wood (by trunks) into molten metal to reduce it. Thus, copper can be brought to 4 thousandths of oxygen. Tree trunks are introduced into the molten metal to obtain gases that reduce the oxygen in the metal.expandPluralperchagesTranslationsenglish:perchingSee alsopercheur (adj.) perche (cn.) percher (v.) perchette (cn.)