Associations to the word «Victualling»

Wiktionary

VICTUAL, noun. Food fit for human consumption.
VICTUAL, noun. (archaic) (in the plural) Food supplies; provisions.
VICTUAL, noun. (Scotland) grain of any kind
VICTUAL, verb. (transitive) To provide with food; to provision.
VICTUAL, verb. (intransitive) To lay in food supplies.
VICTUAL, verb. (intransitive) To eat.

Dictionary definition

VICTUAL, noun. Any substance that can be used as food.
VICTUAL, verb. Supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war".
VICTUAL, verb. Lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage".
VICTUAL, verb. Take in nourishment.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats