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Project leaders said it was "an exciting opportunity to examine part of an early victualling yard".

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2022

The following year complaints began to trickle in from victualling yards in the UK and from British seamen around the world that other parts of animals were being found in canned meat.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2013

The mess caterer is the officer selected to superintend the victualling department, as the wine caterer does the liquid refreshments.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

Two delegations required only good-will—those of the victualling department and of the public or municipal services.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

His license was granted October 1, 1638, “to keep a victualling on Duxburrow side.”

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse