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Definition of C-ration
1. Noun. A canned field ration issued by the United States Army.
Definition of C-ration
1. Noun. (US military) An individual canned, precooked, or prepared wet ration formerly issued to land forces in the US military. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of C-ration
Literary usage of C-ration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, Called Bedford by Samuel A. Wells (1830)
"Still how hazard is inseparable from the nature of fer perty ; and it will ever
be politic in the c ration to look forward to, and provide for, ..."
2. Papuan Campaign: The Buna-Sanananda Operation: 16 Nov. 1942-23 Jan. 1943 by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"Quartermaster officers in the field reported that the troops subsisted for almost
a week on a daily diet of one-third of a "C" ration and one-sixth of a "D" ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1801)
"(applied, by eating tin-c ration-ns of ton, of which, though plentifully ten men
daily,* he complains hehas not the fan-ne quantity, ..."
4. The Journal of Biological Chemistry by American Society of Biological Chemists (1917)
""boiled" casein was dried in an electric oven at 40°C. Ration 4 was made up as
follows: Ration 4. per cent ..."
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