sea stores

American  

plural noun

1. provisions and supplies to be used on a sea voyage.

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Etymology

Origin of sea stores

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

During the whole stay in the Society Group they had been very well off for fresh food, consequently their sea stores had been little called on.

From The Life of Captain James Cook by Kitson, Arthur

When combined with vinegar and sugar it makes a liqueur which, if diluted with water, is most useful in febrile disorders, and which is all excellent addition to sea stores as preventive of scurvy.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

In every quarter people were seen busy in preparing quilted-cotton armour, making bread, and salting pork for sea stores.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

At this place we bought 14 buts of wine for sea stores, at 15 ducats a but, which had been offered to us at Santa Cruz for 8, 9, or 10 ducats.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert

Some of the meat we ate fresh, but the larger quantity was salted down for sea stores.

From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James