belly-timber

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belly-timber

/ˈbɛliˌtɪmbə/

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From belly + timber.

noun belly-timbers · bellytimber · belly-tember · belly-timmer

archaic, dialectal, humorous, uncountable, usually Food, provender. And tho' knights errant, as some think, / Of old did neither eat nor drink, / Because when thorough deserts vast, / And regions desolate, they past, / Where belly-timber above ground, / Or under, was not to be found …
Similar: aliment, bait, belly-timber, chow, comestibles, cuisine, eatables, eats, edibles, feed, fodder, foodstuffs

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@misc{belly_timber_2026,
  title = {belly-timber},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belly-timber},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}