PROVENDER

Ge 24:25; 42:27; Jud 19:19; 1Ki 4:28; Isa 11:7

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provender. Provender, n. food for brute animals, meal, &c.

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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. 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. 2. Food or provisions.