Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Stover

Stover (stō"vẽr) , noun

[Old English estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., “to be necessary.” Compare Estovers.]

Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
to be necessary.
Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep. — Shakespeare
Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire. — Tusser