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

Anchoring in Funchal Roads on the 29th, and having taken on board fresh beef and vegetables, including onions, for sea stores, the ships sailed again on August 1.

From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles

There, if I remember right, we were about six weeks, consuming our sea stores, and obliged to procure more.

From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin

He supplied me with a new suit of clothes and a hat, a small sum of money for my necessary expenses, and a number of little articles for sea stores on my voyage to America.

From The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island by Jewitt, John Rodgers

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