Allowancing

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allowance \Al*low"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allowancing}.]
     [See {Allowance}, n.]
     To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink);
     to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain
     was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were
     allowanced.


     [1913 Webster]