Obs. rare. [a. F. fourment, 16th. c. var. of froment, ad. L. frumentum.] Corn; rendering L. frumentum.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 557. Of all graine, there are two principall kinds thereof, to wit, first Fourment, containing vnder it wheat and Barley, and such like: secondly, Pulse.
