α. 1700s– pilot bread.
β. 1900s– pilot's bread.
单词 | pilot bread |
释义 | pilot breadn.α. 1700s– pilot bread. β. 1900s– pilot's bread. U.S. Ship's biscuit. Cf. pilot biscuit n. at pilot n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > ship's biscuit ship bread1598 bread1625 ship's biscuit1634 pilot bread1788 midshipman's nuts1828 hardtack1830 pilot biscuit1836 pantile1874 Liverpool pantile1899 1788 Maryland Jrnl. 7 Mar. 4/2 (advt.) The subscriber..has just begun to bake Ship, Pilot, and Cag Bread. 1821 Deb. Congr. U.S. 22 June (1855) I. App. 2497 2910 pounds of pilot bread, for the officers, ladies, and their children. 1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 28 A sufficient stock of Boston crackers, pilot-bread, or common loaf bread. 1904 S. E. White Silent Places ix. 88 There they boiled tea over a small fire, and ate the last of their pilot's bread. 1977 New Yorker 9 May 112/2 With..six pieces of pilot bread, he got into his single Klepper and bobbed down the river. 2001 J. O'Brien At Home in Heart of Appalachia ii. 42 Once a week, a bush plane flew in mail, pilot bread, powdered milk, and canned goods from Anchorage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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