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eatout
 n.— «The geese are leaving what scientists call massive “eatouts,” or large, bare swaths of land that may never recover.» —“State adds spring hunting season to thin population of snow geese” by Brian T. Murray Star-Ledger (New Jersey) Mar. 7, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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