C rations

British  

plural noun

1. tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers

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Etymology

Origin of C rations

C20: C(ombat) rations

Example Sentences

Wartime museums display the bland hardtack that sustained Civil War fighters, and the canned meats, breads and fruit of World War II, known as C rations.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2021

Marine flyers whose combat feats look unusually spectacular in Technicolor, the new movie differs from most of its predecessors no more than one can of C rations from another.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now it held only three trapped Americans living on C rations and candy bars.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the perimeters, the marines and infantrymen live like soldiers on perimeters everywhere�primitively, with pup tents, ponchos and C rations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moving away, the men found things to do with themselves, some smoking, some opening up cans of C rations, a few just standing in the rain.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien