canteen cup

English

canteen cup in a mess kit

Noun

canteen cup (plural canteen cups)

1. (military, camping) A metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen.

   Synonym: mess cup

   • 2005, Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 343:

     My tin canteen cup was too hot to touch. I held it in gloved hands, blowing steam from the coffee and watching the sun rise over the fields beyond the fence.

Translations

metal cup used in the military

• Finnish: kenttämuki
• Hungarian: csajka (hu)