Noun: vittle vi-t(u)l
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- Any substance that can be used as food
"The pantry was stocked with various vittles for the winter";
- comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum [rare], victual
Usage: archaic
- Lay in provisions
"The family vittled up for the winter";
- victual
- Supply with food
"The army vittled its troops well";
- victual
- Take in nourishment
"The crew vittled before the long voyage";
- victual
Derived forms: vittled, vittles, vittling
Type of: eat, food, furnish, hive away, lay in, nutrient, offer, provide, put in, render, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, supply
Encyclopedia: Vittle