Also 7–8 fooder. [ad. Ger. fuder (= FOTHER) used in the same sense.] A tun (of wine).
1679, a. 1767. [see FOODER].
1839. Burckhardt, German Dict., Fuder, fudder, tun (of wine).
1851. Longf., Gold. Leg., IV. Convent of Hirschau, 100. A benison rest on the Bishop who sends Such a fudder of wine as this to his friends!
[1884. St. James’s Gaz., 11 Aug., 5/2. Eight fuders of wine.]
