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ˈfoddering, vbl. n.
[f. fodder v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. fodder.
c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 54 Farthest..from skil, But yf it be in fodderyng of a beast. 1655Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 249 This way of pasturing of Clover will be a kind of foddering of the land, and rather improve then impair it. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Barn, Barns..for..the more convenient Foddering of Cattle with the Straw.
2. concr. An allowance of fodder.
1601Holland Pliny I. 401 Ten pound of it is a sufficient foddering for an horse. 1808Curwen Econ. Feeding Stock 55 A foddering of straw from six to eight pounds.
fig.1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 46 Then did she reduce vnto her remembrance..what drie fodderings he did giue her. 1662Rump Songs (1874) I. 161 A foddering of Prayer four hours by the Clock. 1843Carlyle Misc. (1857) IV. 267 Heavy fodderings of Jesuit theology.
3. attrib. and Comb., as foddering band, foddering boy, foddering cord, foddering ground, foddering herb, foddering place, foddering rack, † foddering stead, foddering time.
1837Boston Advert. 17 Jan. 2/2 One fork and one *foddering band.
1827Clare Sheph. Cal. 21 Nor ling'ring wait the *foddering-boy.
1890Gloucestersh. Gloss., *Foddering cord, a hair and hemp cord used for binding up hay to take out to beasts.
1789W. Marshall Gloucester I. 230 A small dry grass inclosure, (near the homestall)—provincially a *‘foddering ground’—where they have their fill of hay.
1816F. Vanderstraeten Impr. Agric. 8 Roots and *foddering herbs for cattle.
1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle (1627) 203 The Shepheard..shall often cleanse the *foddering places of his sheepe.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 606 Salt Herbage for the *fodd'ring Rack provide.
1619N. Riding Rec. IV. 153 A messuage and land with one *fotheringe stead.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 10 As soon as *fotheringe time is past..remoove them. |