5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, n. [AS. f?dder, f?ddor, fodder (also sheath
case), fr f?da food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar G.
futter, Icel. f?r, Sw & Dan. foder. [root]75. See Food Land
cf {Forage}, {Fur}.]
That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay,
cornstalks, vegetables, etc
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Foddered} (-d?rd); p. pr
& vb n. {Foddering}.]
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to
furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, n. [See 1st {Fother}.]
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly
sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother.
[Obs.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fodder
n : coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of
entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
v : give fodder (to domesticated animals)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fodder
Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley
(Lat. farrago), "made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat,
barley, vetches, and the like all mixed together, and then sown
or given to cattle" (Job 24:6, A.V. "corn," R.V. "provender;"
Isa. 30:24, provender").
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