A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt (993 to 1222 kg).; a fother
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.
disapproval If you say that something is fodder for a particular purpose, you mean that it is useful for that purpose and perhaps nothing else. The press conference simply provided more fodder for another attack on his character
coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop give fodder (to domesticated animals)