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sea stores

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plural noun

provisions and supplies to be used on a sea voyage.

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Origin of sea stores

First recorded in 1650–60

Also called sea stocks.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sea stores

My father was a respectable trader in sea-stores at Nantucket, where I was born.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
We had not exhausted our bountiful provision of sea-stores when we were set ashore in England.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth
All the trees were stripped, and what we did not use we saved for sea-stores.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
A place of reserve on the platform deck, for the captain's wines and sea-stores.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

They so loaded me with sea-stores, that I sent many of them to Savannah.
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman