praebenda

allowance, subsistence

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A horse eating hay from a low manger beside an open sack of oats and a filled feed bucket, with the livestock food prominent in the foreground.

noun

provender

PRAH-vun-der/ˈprɑvəndər/

Food, especially dry feed for livestock.

Etymology

provenderLatinallowance, subsistence

Praebenda meant an allowance or means of subsistence, and provender first referred to an allowance for a cathedral chapter member. Its meaning shifted to food supplies, especially feed for domesticated animals.

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