had been foddering

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of fodder.
  fodder

  noun

  coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.

Related Words

• barley
• corn
• food
• forage
• grain
• hay