Definition of "victual" in English

noun

1. (archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.

2. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) Food supplies; provisions.

3. Edible plants.

4. Grain of any kind.

verb

1. (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.

2. (intransitive, chiefly military, nautical) To lay in or procure food supplies.

3. (intransitive) To eat.