camp oven

noun

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

Nearby words

camp follower, camp it up, camp lejeune, camp meeting, camp out, camp oven, camp pendleton, camp pie, camp robber, camp shirt, camp site

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Examples from the Web for 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.'
Nevermore|Rolf Boldrewood
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
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
He found the fried bacon and steak between two plates in the camp-oven.
While the Billy Boils|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