A soldier may swig from it

Usage examples of canteen.

An Alabamian had his shoe knocked off, another had his canteen perforated, a third lost his shoulder strap.

Our canteens were dry, but the loaves and cakes in a bakeshop wet my mouth with saliva.

Sharpe, as the junior officer, would have to propose the loyal toast and pretend not to see when half the bastards wafted their mugs over their canteens.

Cris Bellhanger, in his shirtsleeves and braces, banged his tray down beside mine in the canteen.

She poured water from her canteen into the coffeepot and measured coffee into the water, then placed it beside the skillet to boil.

When the dogs had satisfied their thirst, the men drank from the same canteen cups.

The soldiers lifted the canteen lids to their lips with reverential faces, emptied them, rolling the vodka in their mouths, and walked away from the sergeant major with brightened expressions, licking their lips and wiping them on the sleeves of their greatcoats.

He nodded at Geronimo and departed, just as Kilrane arrived with a canteen and a blanket.

Mys would fall by early afternoon, and that their troops would feast on the food stored in the city, the Imperial officers had sent their soldiers into battle with no more than a single canteen full of water, four cold kas balls apiece, and a hundred rounds of ammunition.

I now had a full issue of field gear, including a steel pot and a CAR-15 carbine, web gear and canteens, rucksacks and ponchos, jungle boots and fatigues, a pistol and a knife, a survival vest with radios and a parachute harness, and a flight helmet and gloves.

So is the anonymous soldier who runs with a fistful of canteens, fills them with precious water, and totes them back to his comrades.

He took an elevator down to the first sublevel, where building maintenance had its offices, along with the canteen.

I made friends with the vanman in the canteen over lunch, and he told me a great deal about our director.

To keep wages low and workers handy, companies have employees sleep in corporate dormitories and eat in factory-run canteens.

Sam my Bolt, one of the laboratory assistants, stopped her on the way to the canteen and invited her to partner him.