单词 | kitchen tent |
释义 | > as lemmaskitchen tent kitchen tent n. (originally and frequently in military contexts) a tent in which food is prepared or consumed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > canteen kitchen tent1640 canteen1870 mess1886 NAAFI1927 stolovaya1943 cantina1959 1640 H. Hexham Third Pt. Princ. Art Mil. List of Waggons sig. Q Sixe great kitchin tents, with two or three chimneies in them. 1887 W. Watson Life in Confederate Army (1888) xiv. 144 As no rations were to be served out that night, a barrel of biscuits was sent, opened and placed in the kitchen tent, which the men might eat at will. 2009 R. Isaacson Horse Boy (2010) viii. 114 It seemed to take an age to get everything organized: the sleeping tents, the kitchen tent, the food, and then the cook..started cooking up rice and noodles by flashlight. < as lemmas |
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