cooktent
English
Etymology
cook + tent
Alternative forms
- cook-tent, cook tent
Noun
cooktent (plural cooktents)
- A tent that is equipped with cooking paraphernalia that supplies food for a camp.
- 1987, Herbert Gold, The Man Who Was Not With It, page 14:
- Our cooktent had a pleasant business warmth, too.
- 2010, Shannon Meadows, Road Wench: It's a Tour, Not a Holiday:
- The cooktent had been cleaned with the help of the clients on roster, then finished off by the reps.
- 2017, Ed McBain, Don't Crowd Me:
- Jean seemed to be considering my proposition, almost as if I'd asked her up to my hotel room instead of over to a lousy cooktent for a cup of coffee.