stover
noun
- ☆ cured stalks of grain, without the ears, used as fodder for animals
- Brit., Dialectal any fodder
See stover in American Heritage Dictionary 4
sto·ver
noun The dried stalks and leaves of a cereal crop, used as fodder after the grain has been harvested.
Origin: Middle English, provisions, from Norman French estovers, from Old French estovier, to be necessary, from Latin est opus, it is necessary : est, third person sing. present tense of esse, to be; see essence + opus, need, work; see opus .
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