Definition of Canteens

1. Noun. (plural of canteen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canteens

1. canteen [n] - See also: canteen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canteens

cantates
cantation
cantations
cantatory
cantatrice
cantatrices
cantatrici
cantdog
cantdogs
canted
canted angle
canted angles
canteen
canteen cup
canteen cups
canteens (current term)
cantellation
canter
canterburies
canterburys
cantered
cantering
cantering rhythm
canters
cantest
canthal
canthal hypertelorism
canthari
cantharidal
cantharidal collodion

Literary usage of Canteens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1906)
"The use of copper canteens in the army and in other services where water is transported in small quantities naturally suggested itself. ..."

2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer: With the Practice of Country by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"canteens.. By the annual mutiny act (8 & 9 Viet. c. 8, s. 74), " Where any persons shall hold any canteens under proper authority of the board of ordnance, ..."

3. The Story of the American Red Cross in Italy by Charles Montague Bakewell (1920)
"CHAPTER V Rolling canteens — The June Offensive — AEC Ambulance Service — The Story of Lieutenant McKey THE Red Cross maintained a series of rolling ..."

4. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Comprising the Law Relative to by John Frederick Archbold (1840)
"17, J. 73), " Where any persons shall hold any canteens under proper authority of the board of ordnance, it shall be lawful for any two justices, ..."

5. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1881)
"... were better to engage them to make -'two canteens a day"—or as Smiths "500 pair of horse-shoes," or as wagoners during the service of the Militia, ..."

6. A Text-book of True Temperance by Michael Monahan (1909)
"French School canteens. In reporting that school canteens opened in Nantes in November, according to a recent vote of the municipal council of that French ..."

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