PROVENDER

n. 1 provisions, food, supplies, victuals, rations, foodstuffs, groceries, eatables, edibles, comestibles, aliment, nourishment, sustenance, Colloq grub, eats The armies relied for their provender on farms they passed on the march 2 fodder, forage, feed, hay, silage, corn, grain Provender for the livestock was running low because of the long winter