a1824 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers in (1898) I. 336 First in the oat-fed phalanx shall be seen The travelled Thane.
1870 R. Broughton I. 190 A young oats-fed mare.
1996 10 Apr. 7/3 Mr Walker argues that a tasty oat-fed cheval roast is less ‘off the wall’ than ostrich, crocodile or buffalo steaks.