suppering
/ˈsʌp(ə)rɪŋ/noun
1The providing or eating of supper; the entertaining of guests at supper; an instance of this.
2Chiefly Scottish and English regional ( northern ). The final feeding of animals in the evening, sometimes also including bedding them down. Also: †the final food given to animals in the evening ( obsolete ).
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), philosopher. From supper + -ing.
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