field ration
Origin of field ration
1First recorded in 1830–40
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How to use field ration in a sentence
The field ration is the ration prescribed in orders by the commander of the field forces.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army | War Department.Something like an Army field-ration, for diabetics to carry when traveling, or wherever proper food may be unobtainable.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam PiperThe field ration was almost entirely pemmican, two pounds per day, with a few biscuit and the indispensable tea.
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World | Adolphus W. GreelyWhat makes up the emergency field-ration of the German army, and why?
A Handbook of Health | Woods Hutchinson
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