mess tent
Military dining shelter
A mess tent is a temporary canvas shelter where military personnel eat their meals in the field.
The mess refers to a communal dining facility—from an older sense of mess meaning a portion of food or a group that eats together.
Soldiers lined up outside the mess tent for breakfast.
- cookhouseKitchen for a group
- field kitchenPortable military cooking unit
- campTemporary outdoor shelter site
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- canteenPortable liquid container
campground · chuck wagon · MRE · encampment · canvas · dinner · chow time · bunks · food · chow line · KP duty · communal dining · reveille · field rations · hot meal · shelter · soldiers · slop
- camp facilitiescabins, bunkhouse, shelter, dining hall, campfire ring
- camping gearsleeping bag, flashlight, backpack, sleeping pad, sleeping mat
- tentsbig top, marquee, tipi, yurt, cabana
- expedition campsbase camp, high camp, bivouac, tents, staging area
- MASHHawkeye, Klinger, Korea, Korean War, meatball surgery
- kitchenskitchen, sink, home kitchen, oven, stove
permanence of dining structure
mess tentmess hall
Military dining facility
cafeteria · dining hall · refectory · galley · chow hall
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