camp oven

British

noun

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

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Their cooking gear was a frying-pan, a tin billy, black and battered, and an iron camp oven.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

A reflector, when made of sheet iron or aluminum is the best camp oven.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.

A reflector camp oven The standard camp oven that has been used by generations of pioneers and campers is the Dutch oven.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.

During the evening also one of us made the bread; the camp oven would be put on the fire with sufficient mutton to last us for two or three days.

From Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 by Booth, Robert B.

We carried down a kettle, a camp oven, some flour, tea, sugar, and salt beef; also a novel or two, and the future towels of the establishment, which wanted hemming; also the two cats.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel

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