vivers

noun · 16th century

It sounds like a sturdy, rhythmic requirement for any respectable literary adventurer.

Provisions or victuals, especially the solid food required to sustain oneself during a journey.

In the wild

“We packed enough vivers to see us through the mountain pass without resorting to berries and bark.”

Origin

Borrowed from the French vivres, denoting the things one needs to live, recorded in English by 1530.