Hypertext Webster Gateway: "provender"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Good provender laboring horses would have. --Tusser.
2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
provender
n 1: food for domestic livestock [syn: {feed}]
2: a stock or supply of foods [syn: {commissariat}, {provisions},
{viands}, {victuals}]
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