stover
NounUS[stoh-ver]/ˈstoʊvɚ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvestedType of fodder
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sto′ver (stō′vẽr), noun
Origin: OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., “to be necessary.” Cf. Estovers.
Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep.— William Shakespeare
Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire.— Thomas Tusser
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54