STOVER

stover

(noun) the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stover (countable and uncountable, plural stovers)

Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.

Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages

Anagrams

• orvets, rovest, storve, strove, troves, voters

Proper noun

Stover (plural Stovers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stover is the 1455th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24526 individuals. Stover is most common among White (87.36%) individuals.

Anagrams

• orvets, rovest, storve, strove, troves, voters

Source: Wiktionary


Sto"ver, n. Etym: [OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., "to be necessary." Cf. Estovers.]

Definition: Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep. Shak. Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire. Tusser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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