cooktent

English

Alternative forms

cook-tent, cook tent

Etymology

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.

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