stover

Noun

stov=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

stover(n = noun.food) - the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested;

stover, n. [OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., “to be necessary.” Cf. Estovers.].

Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. [1913 Webster]

"Where live nibbling sheep,
And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep." [1913 Webster]

"Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require,
Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire." [1913 Webster]