n. In the ancient French monarchy, the service of the king's table, under the direction of the master of the king's household.n. A certain allowance of provisions made by a king to those who obeyed his summons to the field, according to the feudal system of military service.n. Any supply of provisions; food. Formerly corruptly bouge.n. In medieval armor, a notch or indentation in the upper right-hand edge of the shield, allowing a weapon to be passed through it.n. In ordnance, a short cylinder of copper placed in a counterbore in the face of the breech-block, and through which the vent of a piece of breech-loading ordnance is drilled; a bushing.n. The mouth of a firearm of any kind; the bore.To form or drill a new mouth or vent in, as in a gun which has been spiked.