camp oven

noun

Australian and NZ a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire

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Examples from the Web for camp oven

Historical Examples

He found the fried bacon and steak between two plates in the camp-oven.
While the Billy Boils
Henry Lawson
She don't look as if she'd been used to cook in a slab fireplace, or lift the lid off a camp-oven.'
Nevermore
Rolf Boldrewood
I'd have made you a damper, only I never could strike a camp-oven; it's been trouble enough to raise the plant I've got.
My Lord Duke
E. W. Hornung
Up at the hut the table was set as on the first day I saw it, and breakfast in the camp-oven by the fire.
On the Track
Henry Lawson
There was a camp-oven with a leg of mutton and potatoes sizzling in it on the hearth, and billies hanging over the fire.
On the Track
Henry Lawson

camp oven

Examples from the Web for camp oven

Historical Examples

He found the fried bacon and steak between two plates in the camp-oven.

She don't look as if she'd been used to cook in a slab fireplace, or lift the lid off a camp-oven.'

I'd have made you a damper, only I never could strike a camp-oven; it's been trouble enough to raise the plant I've got.

Up at the hut the table was set as on the first day I saw it, and breakfast in the camp-oven by the fire.

There was a camp-oven with a leg of mutton and potatoes sizzling in it on the hearth, and billies hanging over the fire.