ship biscuit

American  

[ship bis-kit] / ˈʃɪp ˌbɪs kɪt /

Sometimes ship bread

noun

1. hardtack.

---

Etymology

Origin of ship biscuit

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

I gobbled down enough to stay my appetite, crammed my pocket full of ship biscuit, and, after listening for a moment at the hatchway, tiptoed forward and climbed out upon the bowsprit.

From Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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 Louis Becke

Richard caught eagerly at the pork and ship biscuit which the lad held out; it seemed ages since he had tasted food.

From Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas by Sara Beaumont Kennedy

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