fodder

First developed in the 18th Century as a high-yield fodder crop.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

A progressive capitalist, he nonetheless earned the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America and has joined New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as lefty vanguards and prime think-piece fodder.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Then I went to the Marine Corps and—bang! They just wanted cannon fodder, I think.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Coyote vs. Acme” would be very different if it had been made back in that decade where frivolous lawsuits were steady late-night joke fodder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Before the journey ended, Catherine would be able to sleep anywhere, on the ground, in a haystack, under a bush, and this rat-infested fodder house would loom in her memory like a king’s palace.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

The amount will be influenced by the character of the fodders and by the season when the cattle are to be sold.

From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.

The grain goes futher when he fodders in that air way.

From Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier by M. A. Cornelius

That there is in the State an enormous area of land which is eminently adaptable to the growing of fodders necessary for successful dairying has been amply demonstrated.

From Australia, The Dairy Country by Australia. Dept. of External Affairs

This same principle applies in lesser degree to many green fodders that are more suitable as feed for animals, as silage, green rye, rape, etc.

From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell

Where suitable pasture may be obtained, it is usually a cheaper source of food for cows than soiling food or cured fodders, as the element of labor in giving the food is largely eliminated.

From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.

There, when he had foddered the deep-voiced kine, he herded them huddled together into the byre, munching lotus and dewy marsh marigold; next brought he much wood, and set himself to the craft of fire-kindling. 

From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Andrew Lang

So I went out again and foddered and watered the mare, for Peter is sometimes a sad fatch and will not always give a horse what is worth its trouble in the eating.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine

The cow was foddered with after-math, hay, and potatoes; the horse with the same hay and oats.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

Have any men come home to the young women, Thinking old women do not need to hear, That you can play at being a bower-maid In a long gown although no beasts are foddered?

From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Gordon Bottomley

The horses were foddered at the other extremity, and a fire burned in the middle of the floor, the smoke escaping by the doors.

From Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. by Andrew Archibald Paton

Alas! what with foddering the cattle and tending the store, we are kept from school too long, and our education is sadly neglected.

From Walden by Henry David Thoreau

In time, however, the grazier was compelled to do this, and also to grow alfalfa for winter foddering.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

A man leading a horse to water, or foddering his cattle from a stack in a snow-covered field, or following his plough, is always pleasing.

From The Last Harvest by John Burroughs

He came from foddering the cattle in the barn, and from the field, where he had been ploughing, until the depth of the snow rendered it impossible to draw a furrow.

From The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

When foddering, to cheer the Poor herd in the stall— While each creature is moaning, And sickening in thrall.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers