fother
A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based…A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, historical, uncountable)A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
Origin
From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), frFrom Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food.
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