provand
(ˈprɒvənd)
Also 4–5 provande.
[= MLG. and early mod.Du. provande (Plantin, Kilian, Hexham 1678); app. ad. F. provende: see provend n. In quot. 1481 immediately from Flemish; but in earlier examples perh. from OF.]
Food, provisions, provender; esp. the food and fodder provided for an army.
| c 1341 [see b]. ? a 1400 Cursor M. 3317 (Fairf.) Prouande [other MSS. fodder] and hay þou sal finde boun. c 1450 Bk. Curtasye 608 in Babees Bk. (1868) 319 A pek of prouande on a day; Euery horse schalle so muche haue. 1481 Caxton Reynard xxvii. (Arb.) 60, I wolde ofte sende them for prouande [orig. wt seynden om prouande]. 1590 Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons Ded. ***iij b, That their Soldiors, in steade of pay with money, should be payed in Prouand, which was bread and cheese. 1607 Shakes. Cor. ii. i. 267 Cammels..haue their Prouand Onely for bearing Burthens. 1828 Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Provand, provender. 1890 G. Hooper Wellington 141 The Marshal..got some provand from that unwasted country. |
b. attrib. Cf. provant 3.
| c 1341 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 541 In Canabo empt' pro j Provandpok. 1590 Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons Ded. (10 b), Turning their Prouand money..into their owne purses. |