vbl. sb. [f. CATER v.1 + -ING1.] Purveying of food or other requisites.
1820. Keats, Eve St. Agnes, xx. I scarce dare On such a catering trust my dizzy head.
1828. J. T. Rutt, in Burton’s Diary (1828), III. 163, note. Diligent … catering for the intellectual palates of his readers.
