fother Meaning, Definition & Usage

Foth"er noun
Etymology
OE. fother, foder, AS. foer a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. patra vessel, dish. Cf. Fodder a fother.
Definitions
  1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. Obs.
    Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.
  2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
Foth"er transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Fodder food, and G. füttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. *75.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fothered ; present participle & verbal noun Fothering
Definitions
  1. To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack. Totten.

Webster 1913