field ration

American  

noun

U.S. Army.

1. a ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.

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Etymology

Origin of field ration

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

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field ration

However, the two strangers decided that it would be safe to come closer, and soon he had them taking bits of field ration from his hand.

From Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

He carried Little Fuzzy out into the kitchen and put him on the floor, then got out a tin of the field ration and opened it, breaking off a small piece and handing it down.

From Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

The commissaries of the British Army were wise when they gave jam an honorable place in Tommy Atkins' field ration.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

Two brigades were to start at once on the march to Tryon Creek, and General Harkness had ordered that the men eat their breakfast and receive a field ration before the march began.

From The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods by Robert Maitland

The field ration was almost entirely pemmican, two pounds per day, with a few biscuit and the indispensable tea.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely

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