ship's biscuit

noun

1. another name for hardtack

Example Sentences

Now, almost 104 years after the deadly torpedo attack, an extremely rare hardtack ship’s biscuit from one of the ship’s lifeboats is up for auction in the U.K.

From Fox News

My result was something like a ship’s biscuit, tough as old boots, with a wet, stodgy crumb and gaping holes you could lose a rodent in.

From The Guardian

The biscuit, which belonged to a sailor on board HMS Defence in 1805, is believed to be the oldest surviving ship's biscuit in the world.

From BBC

The ship's biscuit belonged to Able Seaman Thomas Fletcher, who was a gunner on HMS Defence.

From BBC

The ship's biscuit thought to be the oldest in the world until now dates from around 1852 and is on display at the Maritime Museum of Denmark in Elsinore, Denmark.

From BBC