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provand|ˈprɒvənd|
Also 4–5 provande.
[= MLG. and early mod.Du. provande (Plantin, Kilian, Hexham 1678); app. ad. F. provende: see provend n. In quot. 1481 immediately from Flemish; but in earlier examples perh. from OF.]
Food, provisions, provender; esp. the food and fodder provided for an army.
c1341[see b]. a1400Cursor M. 3317 (Fairf.) Prouande [other MSS. fodder] and hay þou sal finde boun. c1450Bk. Curtasye 608 in Babees Bk. (1868) 319 A pek of prouande on a day; Euery horse schalle so muche haue. 1481Caxton Reynard xxvii. (Arb.) 60, I wolde ofte sende them for prouande [orig. wt seynden om prouande]. 1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons Ded. ***iij b, That their Soldiors, in steade of pay with money, should be payed in Prouand, which was bread and cheese. 1607Shakes. Cor. ii. i. 267 Cammels..haue their Prouand Onely for bearing Burthens. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Provand, provender. 1890G. Hooper Wellington 141 The Marshal..got some provand from that unwasted country.
b. attrib. Cf. provant 3.
c1341Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 541 In Canabo empt' pro j Provandpok. 1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons Ded. (10 b), Turning their Prouand money..into their owne purses. |