mess kit
a portable set of usually metal cooking and eating utensils, used especially by soldiers and campers.
Origin of mess kit
1- Also called mess gear.
Words Nearby mess kit
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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 GrinnellWhen 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 GrinnellIt 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 GrinnellThis 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 GrinnellMine 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
British formal evening wear for officers
Also called: mess gear eating utensils used esp in the field
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