Mundvorrat

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German

Etymology

From Mund +‎ Vorrat.

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Noun

Mundvorrat m (strong, genitive Mundvorrates or Mundvorrats, plural Mundvorräte)

  1. (archaic) food provisions while travelling
    • 1688, Christophor Boethio, Deß Ruhm-belorberten und Triumph-leuchtenden Kriegs-helms, vols. 2 & 3, publ. by Johann Christoph Lochners, page 295.
      Und weil man ja ſagen möchte/ es werden die Soldaten nicht lang/wegen der ſelbiger Ends von den Tartarn beygebrachten Verwüſtung/ ſich aufhalten können / ſo ſoll um ermeldtes Geld/ von Lemberg und andern umligenden Plätzen/ an die verheerte Oerter/ ſattſamer Mundvorrath abgeführet werden.
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    Synonym: Proviant

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