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victual Definition

vict·ual (vit′'l)

noun

  1. Now Chiefly Dial. food or other provisions
  2. Informal, Dialectal articles of food, esp. when prepared for use

Etymology: ME vitaille, provisions < MFr < LL victualia, provisions < L victualis, of food < victus, food < pp. of vivere, to live: see bio-

transitive verb -·ualed or -·ualled, -·ual·ing or -·ual·ling

to supply with victuals

intransitive verb

  1. Archaic to eat or feed
  2. to lay in a supply of food

victual Usage Examples

Object

  • yard: Royal William Yard - regeneration of the former naval victualling yard in Plymouth designed by Sir John Rennie in the 1830s.
  • account: Earnings of paupers working inside the house were paid into the victualling account.
  • house: He was not to convert it into a tavern or victualling house.
  • ship: Although his captains wanted to search for the Spanish galleons immediately, Blake waited until victualling ships from England arrived to re-provision his ships.
  • department: I had to look to general cleanliness, lashing and stowing hammocks, and the victualling department.

Preposition: for

  • month: AMELIA was ordered to be victualled for 4 months on 6 January 1802 and on the 27th she sailed on a cruise against smugglers.