fodder

soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19½ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

give fodder (to domesticated animals)

To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.