fodder
noun
coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
foddering
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present participleof fodder.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"Yes, the farmer takes lots of comfort, walking on the road, foddering cattle, cutting wood."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various
We gave the sheep a foddering of hay and then got the flock outdoors.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
The Universal Soul, as it is called, has an interest in the stacking of hay, the foddering of cattle, and the draining of peat-meadows.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau
At this time, although no snow may have fallen, it is best to give the sheep a light, daily foddering of bright hay, and a few oats in the bundle.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
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
