Fother /(?)/

Foth·er

Fother

n.
  1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.]
    Of dung full many a fother.
  2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.

Fother

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fothering

  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.