fodder

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Food for animals

   Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

   • The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.
2. 2

   A load

   A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.

   • Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times.
3. 3

   Tracing paper.

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   1. 4

      Stuff

      Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.

   2. 5

      The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.

      • Insane Roman! (4) […] Look in -sane Roman and you'll uncover NERO, the insane Roman. Dovetailing the signpost — in — with the hidden fodder — sane Roman — is inspired, an embedded style of signposting.
   3. 6

      People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

      • Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.
      • cannon fodder
      • The Russian government was not interested in who will pay the mortgage or take care of his pregnant wife. It simply wanted more fodder for its war.
   4. 7

      To feed animals (with fodder).

      • Straw will do well enough to fodder them with
      • "When I had foddered the horse, I went into the barn and took the handle of an old rake to chase the dog out with."

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