victualing, victualling (vitling)

[Verbal n. of victual, v.] The furnishing of victuals or provisions. Our victualling arrangements have now been satisfactorily settled, and everybody has been put on an allowance of water. Lady Bra ey , Voyage of Sunbeam, I. xii. victualing-bill (vit'l-ing-bil), n. A customhouse document warranting the shipment of such bonded stores as the master of an out ward-bound merchantman may require for his intended voyage.