harness-caskn.
Nautical.
A cask or tub with a rimmed cover used on board ship (and in Australia) for keeping the salt meats for present consumption. Also harness-tub n. at harness n. Compounds 2.
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harness-cask1818
1818 Aberd. Jrnl. 2 Dec. (Jam.) Some thieves..breaking open a harness cask on deck, stole about one cwt. of beef.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxx. 109 Before any of the beef is put into the harness-cask.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Harness-cask, a large conical tub for containing the salt provisions intended for present consumption.
1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. ii. 23 Father..began to look at the harness cask, which stood in a little back skillion.
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