Prōv'en der, n.

[Fr. provende, provisions, provender, from Lat. providere, Norm. Fr. provendre, a prebend, provender, a prebendary, from Lat. præbere. See PROVAND and PREBEND.] 1. Dry food for beasts, as corn, hay, and oats; also, a mixture of meal and cut straw or hay. Good provender laboring horses would have. Tusser. 2. Provisions, especially dry provisions; meat; food. [Rare.] Coxe.