victuals
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
victual /ˈvɪt(ə)l/ dated
▶noun (victuals) food or provisions. ▶verb (victuals, victualling, victualled ; US victuals, victualing, victualed)
- 1 provide with food or other stores.
- 2 archaic eat.
– origin ME: from OFr. vitaille, from late L. victualia, neut. pl. of L. victualis, from victus ‘food’; the pronunc. still represents the early spelling vittel.
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