Definition of "fother" in English

noun

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

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

2. (dialect) Alternative form of fodder, food for animals.

verb

1. (dialect) To feed animals (with fother).

2. (dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).