ship biscuit

American  

[ship bis-kit] / ˈʃɪp ˌbɪs kɪt /

Sometimes ship bread

noun

1. hardtack.

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Etymology

Origin of ship biscuit

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

And steps from what is possibly the earliest discovered bakery, they found a ship biscuit: an indestructible combination of flour, salt and water designed to sustain sailors on their voyages.

From New York Times • May 6, 2018

As was my custom, I had in the pocket of my singlet a number of ship biscuit.

From The Cruise of the Kawa by Chappell, George S. (George Shepard)

We were unable to procure the blessing of bread, our ship biscuit had long been exhausted, and though we had sown our European corn, we had not yet reaped any.

From The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island by Wyss, Johann David

Bang handed him over the dish, slipping into it some fragments of ship biscuit, as hard as flint.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael

The two dirigibles drifted together and the boys handed over some tins of pilot bread or ship biscuit with which the larder of the Luther Barr, as Frank had called her, was well provided.

From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by Goldfrap, John Henry