Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stover \Sto"ver\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

stover
     n : the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially
         corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been
         harvested