mess kit

noun

a portable set of usually metal cooking and eating utensils, used especially by soldiers and campers.
Also called mess gear.

Origin of mess kit

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby mess kit

mess around, mess call, mess gear, mess hall, mess jacket, mess kit, mess up, mess with, mess-up, message, message board

Example sentences from the Web for mess kit

  • The warm smell of a stew rose to his nostrils from the mess-kit.

    Three Soldiers |John Dos Passos

  • We propose to go there and see if we can replenish our mess-kit, and perhaps send letters to friends.

    Canyons of the Colorado |J. W. Powell

  • The remainder of the day was devoted to laying out their provisions and their mess-kit.

    Jack Among the Indians |George Bird Grinnell

  • I'd grab one myself, but the general would see it—he can see right through the lid of a mess-kit.

    Triplanetary |Edward Elmer Smith

British Dictionary definitions for mess kit

mess kit

noun military

British formal evening wear for officers
Also called: mess gear eating utensils used esp in the field