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

I have time to read another before muster, after which we march into the messroom for tea.

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I am in the middle of a blood-curdling tale, when the corporal comes to clear the messroom.

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After two sets I go on board again, and, shifting out of flannels, go down to the messroom and finish my story in the Strand.

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The state of the messroom when I saw it was too horrible to describe.

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The engineers messroom boy, with bare fat arms, went by the cabin, singing.

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