messroom

[ mes-room, -room ]

noun

1. a dining room aboard ship or at a naval base.

Word History and Origins

Origin of messroom¹

First recorded in 1805–15; mess + room

Example Sentences

“Brooke is commander in chief, I am commissary general, the other fellows are staff officers, and you, ladies, are company. The tent is for your especial benefit and that oak is your drawing room, this is the messroom and the third is the camp kitchen. Now, let’s have a game before it gets hot, and then we’ll see about dinner.”

From Literature

I did not see Joffre when he paid a visit to the army zone and reviewed the troops but he left a glamor for us all in our messroom where he had dinner with General Pershing.

From Project Gutenberg

"The saloon's full of jabbering Spaniards, and the messroom's over hot."

From Project Gutenberg

Ike found him in the messroom, where he had gone to exchange his lantern for the small wicker basket in which he brought his meals.

From Project Gutenberg

In their messroom of an evening they were all frank and free, and hid nothing one from the other.

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