ˈfoddering, vbl. n.
[f. fodder v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. fodder.
| c 1570 Pride & Lowl. (1841) 54 Farthest..from skil, But yf it be in fodderyng of a beast. 1655 Hartlib 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. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Barn, Barns..for..the more convenient Foddering of Cattle with the Straw. |
2. concr. An allowance of fodder.
| 1601 Holland Pliny I. 401 Ten pound of it is a sufficient foddering for an horse. 1808 Curwen Econ. Feeding Stock 55 A foddering of straw from six to eight pounds. |
| fig. 1622 Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 46 Then did she reduce vnto her remembrance..what drie fodderings he did giue her. 1662 Rump Songs (1874) I. 161 A foddering of Prayer four hours by the Clock. 1843 Carlyle 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.
| 1837 Boston Advert. 17 Jan. 2/2 One fork and one *foddering band. |
| 1827 Clare Sheph. Cal. 21 Nor ling'ring wait the *foddering-boy. |
| 1890 Gloucestersh. Gloss., *Foddering cord, a hair and hemp cord used for binding up hay to take out to beasts. |
| 1789 W. Marshall Gloucester I. 230 A small dry grass inclosure, (near the homestall)—provincially a *‘foddering ground’—where they have their fill of hay. |
| 1816 F. Vanderstraeten Impr. Agric. 8 Roots and *foddering herbs for cattle. |
| 1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle (1627) 203 The Shepheard..shall often cleanse the *foddering places of his sheepe. |
| 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 606 Salt Herbage for the *fodd'ring Rack provide. |
| 1619 N. Riding Rec. IV. 153 A messuage and land with one *fotheringe stead. |
| 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 10 As soon as *fotheringe time is past..remoove them. |