[ noun ] the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested <noun.food>
Stover \Sto"ver\ (st[=o]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., ``to be necessary.'' Cf. {Estovers}.] Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep. --Shak.
Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire. --Tusser.