Bellytimber

Alternative forms

• belly-timber

Full definition of bellytimber

Noun

1. (archaic) Food.If I'm to make it through the day, I'll need some bellytimber.
• 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1,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..