fodder

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Food for animals
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.

{n} food for cattle
{v} to feed cattle
Fodder is food that is given to cows, horses, and other animals. The alfalfa plant is widely used as animal fodder. = feed
a fother
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19½ to 24 cwt
coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother
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
to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc
{i} food fed to livestock (i.e. hay, straw)
give fodder (to domesticated animals)
That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc
{f} give food to livestock (i.e. hay, straw)
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)
fodder plants
plants used for feeding livestock
cannon fodder
artillery ammunition
cannon fodder
military forces considered to be expendable
cannon fodder
people who are considered insignificant, people who are sacrificed in war
cannon fodder
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
cannon fodder
If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder, they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work. The conscripts were treated as cannon fodder. Soldiers, sailors, or other military personnel regarded as likely to be killed or wounded in combat. ordinary soldiers whose lives are not considered to be very important, and who are sent to fight where they are likely to get killed
dry fodder
dried food for livestock
green fodder
plants that are used as animal feed (alfalfa, hay, etc.)
fodder