ship biscuit

American  

[ship bis-kit] / ˈʃɪp ˌbɪs kɪt /

Sometimes ship bread

noun

1. hardtack.

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Etymology

Origin of ship biscuit

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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ship biscuit

And steps from what is possibly the earliest discovered bakery, they found a ship biscuit: an indestructible combination of flour, salt and water designed to sustain sailors on their voyages.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2018

Half-a-dozen men sat at the tables, mostly eating ship biscuit of their own and goat's-milk cheese which they bought with their wine.

From The Children of the King by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Salt I had none, but I did possess a ship biscuit and a piece of cold baked taro, and with pigeon and crayfish, what more could a hungry man desire?

From "Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams 1901 by Becke, Louis

All these bigger animals walk, and as they jog along my people feed them occasionally with hard ship biscuit, which appears to sustain them well through the journey.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 by Various

Giving each a small portion of ship biscuit and a taste of water, he enjoined on each a careful watchfulness and a provident use of our small stock of provisions.

From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle