ship biscuit

[ ship bis-kit ]

noun

1. hardtack.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ship biscuit¹

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

A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.

From Project Gutenberg

Our early morning sail on the ocean had given us all a hearty appetite; so a fire was lit, cocoa made, and the ship biscuits and tinned beef were duly appreciated.

From Project Gutenberg

The presents consisted of ship biscuit, salted meat, and various other edibles, wine, a musket, woollen blankets, clothes, shoes, tools, medicines, vinegar, oil, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

He was invited at once up to the barracks, and rum and ship biscuits placed before him.

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