mess kit


noun
  1. a portable set of usually metal cooking and eating utensils, used especially by soldiers and campers.

Origin of mess kit

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use mess kit in a sentence

  • Then the blankets, the food, and the mess kit were carried down and stowed in the boat, and by that time it was noon.

    Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird Grinnell
  • When this plan had been discussed and agreed on, it remained only to get together a mess kit, hire a cook, and take the steamer.

    Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird Grinnell
  • It took the men but a short time to bring down all their baggage, provisions, and mess kit to the canoe and stow the load.

    Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird Grinnell
  • This served as a storehouse for provisions and the mess kit, and a sleeping place for Charlie and the Indians.

    Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird Grinnell
  • Mine was lost in the river together with my mess kit, canteen and haversack.

    A Soldier in the Philippines | Needom N. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for mess kit

mess kit

nounmilitary
  1. British formal evening wear for officers

  2. Also called: mess gear eating utensils used esp in the field

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