| 单词 | soyer stove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSoyer stove 1. As a modifier and in the genitive. Designating a type of portable cooking stove, esp. one designed for military use in the field. Chiefly in Soyer's stove or (later usually) Soyer stove.Originally with reference to a tabletop stove for domestic use, designed by Alexis Soyer in 1849 and marketed as his ‘magic stove’; subsequently usually with reference to a type of portable field stove which Soyer developed for use in the Crimean War (1853–6), and which continued to be used by the British Army for over a century. ΚΠ 1849 A. Soyer Mod. Housewife (advt.) Soyer's portable magic stove! The most useful..and economical Cooking Apparatus ever invented. 1850 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 13 205/2 The model-room was crowed with models... There were..Le Molt's electric battery, Soyer's magic stove, and many things too numerous to remember. 1871 Morning Post 8 Aug. 6/2 Under these officers there are 16 Soyer stoves in use, and seven sets of ovens. 1878 Instr. Mil. Cooks Prepar. Dinners 9 The field cooking apparatus in use in the Army are Feetham's and Soyer's stoves... Soyer's stove..is fitted with a boiler only, and will cook for 50 men. 1935 G. F. MacMunn Crimea in Perspective xi. 178 Soyer's stoves are still among the most essential articles of our camp equipment. 1981 J. Barnett Firing Squad ii. 116 Blackened cauldrons, known in the Army as Soyer stoves, spew thick smoke from tall thin chimneys. 2016 Hereford Times (Nexis) 24 Aug. [Families] can even taste ‘Bully Beef’ freshly made from an authentic Soyer Stove. < as lemmas |
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