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belly-timber

noun
/ˈbɛliˌtɪmbə/

Etymology

From belly + timber.

  1. derived from *dem-✻ — “to build; to arrange”
  2. derived from *timrą✻ — “building; timber”
  3. derived from *timr✻
  4. derived from timber
  5. derived from tymber
  6. compounded as belly-timber — “belly + timber”

Definitions

  1. 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 …
    • The strength of every other member / Is founded on your belly-timber; / The qualms or raptures of your blood, / Rise in proportion to your food; …
    • I hope, a'gad, they have not forgotten my trunk-mails of apparel amid the ample provision they have made for their own belly-timber—Mercy, a'gad, I were finely holped up if the vesture has miscarried among the thievish Borderers!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for belly-timber. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA