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

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sea stores

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 Benjamin Franklin

Yes, he was willing enough, and he took with him a few big granite boulders as his sea stores.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen

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 William Thomas Fernie

Large quantities of salmon were now caught with the seine, and salted for sea stores, and the sea-horse blubber was also boiled down for oil, all the candles having long been expended.

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

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 Robert Kerr