What is "jerricans"

Usage examples of "jerricans".

Therefore more equipment had to be taken along and cached, simply to resupply the berg ens This was what was in the jerricans and two sandbags, one containing more NEC kit, the other more food plus any batteries and odds and sods.

It took each of us two trips to ferry the berg ens jerricans, and sandbags.

I filled up the tank of the outboard, slid my ungainly craft into the water and pushed off with the two empty jerricans, following the channel north-east past the tufted grass island of Stromay towards the village of Carinish.

The jerricans were shifting despite their lashings and I had to grip hold of the wooden slats at my feet to prevent myself from being thrown out.

It was a Martian sandipede, fully equipped with an eight-legged pressure suit, and loaded down with packs, desert gear, and jerricans of water.

The body of the vehicle was a rumble of camping gear, sacks and cardboard boxes, with jerricans ranged along each side and two soldiers sitting on the heap of stores, clutching their rifles, their heads almost touching the roof.

The thorn barrier took some tune to clear so that it was dark when we reached the Land-Rover, the embers of another, larger fire, some blankets thick with dust and two empty jerricans lying on the ground.