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camp oven

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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.

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.

We had several things stolen, and amongst other things a camp oven, which we miss much. 

From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James

She was dreadfully homesick, and the open fire and camp oven cookery had lowered her spirits some more.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

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