单词 | trench kitchen |
释义 | > as lemmastrench kitchen trench kitchen n. Military a kitchen in the trenches (sense 2b); (also) a field kitchen where the fire is made in a small trench. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking establishment or kitchen > [noun] > field or army kitchen field kitchen1796 trench kitchen1860 slum gun1917 soup gun1918 popote1928 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > supplies > ration > field kitchen field kitchen1796 trench kitchen1860 popote1928 1860 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. III. 183 He has contrived an oven to be introduced in the chimney of his trench-kitchen. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 2/1 The trench kitchen is more generally used in South Africa. 1916 J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob vi. 76 Along the latter were built most of the dugouts, lavatories, and trench kitchens. 1940 Brit. Red Cross Soc. Cookery & Catering Man. (ed. 4) iii. 28 The Trench Kitchen.—One or two trenches, according to the number to be cooked for, are dug, 7½ feet long, 9 inches wide, and 1½ feet deep at the mouth. 1986 J. Fleming Well-fed Backpacker (rev. ed.) xx. 167 You might cook behind a shelter..or a windwall built of snow. A trench kitchen is very protected. 1997 J. Millen Salute to Service x. 115 Trench kitchens, dressing stations, dug-out shelters and other amenities were made weatherproof and drainage systems improved. < as lemmas |
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