Found 2 items, similar to provender.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: provender
provender
n 1: food for domestic livestock [syn:
feed]
2: a stock or supply of foods [syn:
commissariat,
provisions,
viands,
victuals]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Provender
Provender
\Prov"en*der\, n. [OE. provende, F. provende,
provisions, provender, fr. LL. praebenda (prae and pro being
confused), a daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. See
Prebend.]
1. Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats,
or a mixture of ground grain; feed.
“Hay or other
provender.” --Mortimer.
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Good provender laboring horses would have. --Tusser.
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2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.]
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