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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fother

· Foth·er · IPA /ˈfɑðɚ/
01 n. A wagonload; a load of any sort.
  1. 1.
    A wagonload; a load of any sort.[Obs.]
    “Of dung full many a fother.” — Chaucer.
  2. 2.
    See Fodder, a unit of weight. See: Fodder
02 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fothering
  1. 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.