sea bread

noun

1. ship biscuit; hardtack.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea bread¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The poor fellow had just eaten half a cake of hard sea bread soaked in water.

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The cook had boiled me a piece of salt beef to carry with me, and put up two or three pounds of sea-bread.

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He applied a poultice of sea bread, in order to reduce the inflammation, which he supposed it would shortly do.

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