stover
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English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman estovers (“necessities”) via Middle English estover (“allowance”), ultimately from Latin est opus (“there is need”). Compare estover.
Pronunciation
Noun
stover (countable and uncountable, plural stovers)
- Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,
And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; […]
- Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages
- 2012 August 24, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, page 20:
Translations
coarse fodder for cattle
References
- “stover”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.