provend
/ˈprɒv(ə)nd/Now rare
noun
Food, provisions; especially (in early use always) dry food for horses, as hay, etc.; = provender. Occasionally as a count noun: an item or portion of food. Now archaic, historical, or regional.
Origin
Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French provende (French provende) regular allowance of food, animal fodder, especially for horses, prebend and its etymon post-classical Latin provenda daily allowance of food, occasional allowance of food, also provandum, provendum fodder, alteration (after classical Latin prōvidēre) of post-classical Latin praebenda.