provender : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: provender	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for provender
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provender n food for domestic livestock Synonym(s): feed, provender a stock or supply of foods Synonym(s): commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provender \Prov"ender\, 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. [bd]Hay or other provender.[b8] --Mortimer. Good provender* laboring horses would have. --Tusser. 2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.]