provender
- n food for domestic livestock
- n a stock or supply of foods
- He devised elaborate tricks for the theft of rich provender and wines (after his death the noun Villonerie was common parlance for clever ruses).
- Disgusting, however, was the food they were obliged to eat when their civilized provender gave out.
- Half as many kosher delicatessen stores were worried about their spicy provender; householders in The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn chirped excitedly.