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

The presents consisted of ship biscuit, salted meat, and various other edibles, wine, a musket, woollen blankets, clothes, shoes, tools, medicines, vinegar, oil, &c.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Half a dozen ship biscuit, hard as dinner plates, were dipped for a moment in the water, and quickly transferred to the frying-pan.

From Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

We were unable to procure the blessing of bread, our ship biscuit had long been exhausted, and though we had sown our European corn, we had not yet reaped any.

From The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island by Wyss, Johann David