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Definition of Pilot bread
1. Noun. Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilot Bread
Literary usage of Pilot bread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... for breach of promise to and water baked in small round cakes until it is
ove,' "and repeated attempts have been made in crackers. pilot bread, or ..."
2. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London, Snark (Ketch) (1915)
"However, toward night, when we all began to sit up and feel hollow, our stout
pilot bread was as satisfying, we thought, as Nakata's hot ..."
3. Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn: Together with Scenes in El by Samuel Curtis Upham (1878)
"... to old Neptune —Storm at sea—Deck-load thrown overboard—Humorous incident—Brandy
vs. Pilot-bread—Dissatisfaction among the steerage passengers—Captain ..."
4. The Essex County Directory by Briggs & Co, Boston Briggs & Co., Pub, Pub Briggs Directory and Publishing Co. (1884)
"OF pilot bread, Crackers and Ship Broad, 116 COMMERCIAL STREET, BOSTON. Ambrose L.
Graves. J. Whitney Austin. JOHN ROBINSON & CO. I>at. Jun. ..."
5. Commercial Formalities of Rio de Janeiro by Maxwell, Wright & Co (1841)
"SALES OF 50 BARRELS pilot bread. 50 barrels pilot bread, weigh. 150 ars. ;'t
l.uuo per bbl. of 3 ars. 4 mos. .... Rs. 200.000 CHARGES. ..."
6. Sixty Years in California: A History of Events and Life in California by William Heath Davis (1889)
"It was common to purchase bread supplies from the vessels for use on shore ;
there were no bakeries, and the pilot bread was much liked. ..."
7. Five Years a Cavalryman: Or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas by H. H. McConnell (1889)
"pilot bread was (or is, for all I know) about like hard-tack, ... During the war
I heard a volunteer state that he had seen pilot bread marked A. I). ..."
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