fother

noun /ˈfɒðə/

1. A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

   countable, historical, uncountable

   Four fother of clod lime, and fifteen fothers of good manure, on each acre.

Where it comes from

From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fother (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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