present participle of victual

(especially nautical, military) The process of supplying food. / (especially nautical, military) Provisions of food.

Alternative spelling of victualler

plural of victual

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of victual

(archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption. / (archaic, chiefly in the plural) Food supplies; provisions. / Edible plants. / (Scotland) Grain of any kind.

(transitive, reflexive, chiefly military, nautical) To provide (military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision.

A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army. / (chiefly Britain) An innkeeper. / (Scotland) One who deals in grain; a corn factor. / (nautical) A supply ship.

simple past tense and past participle of victual

present participle of victual