单词 | well-provendered |
释义 | well-provenderedadj. Provided with or characterized by ample or sufficient food or provisions. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [adjective] > fed foddereda1382 well-provendered1584 1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 168 The white Paulfrey when he..is wel prouendred, is proud and fearce. 1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 46 I am neither well litter'd, nor well provender'd. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 151 That the Horse be well provender'd, and drink but little over Night. 1846 I. T. Hewlett Dunster Castle III. iv. 53 The enemy, although they greatly exceeded them in numbers and were well-provendered fled before them like a herd of deer. 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 79 When he [sc. Winter] Closed his well-provender'd days. 1911 A. D. Sedgwick Tante xviii. 182 Their well-padded, well-provendered box. 2007 Australian (Nexis) 10 July 12 A well-provendered and equipped military fortress in time of war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1584 |
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