stover

(stō′vər)

noun

Origin: ME, aphetic < OFr estover: see estovers

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noun

The dried stalks and leaves of a cereal crop, used as fodder after the grain has been harvested.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, provisions

Origin: , from Norman French estovers

Origin: , from Old French estovier, to be necessary

Origin: , from Latin est opus, it is necessary

Origin: : est

Origin: , third person sing. present tense of esse, to be; see essence

Origin: + opus, need, work; see opus

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