Wiktionary
n. 1 A compact set of eating utensils (including plate, cup, utensils) and sometimes cooking pots etc, used in the field by soldiers and by campers. 2 (context military English) A formal uniform, worn for occasions such as mess dinners.
WordNet
n. kit containing a metal dish and eating utensils; used by soldiers and campers
Wikipedia
A mess kit is a collection of silverware and cookware used during camping and backpacking, as well as extended military campaigns. There are many varieties of mess kits available to consumers, and militaries commonly provide and have historically provided them to their troops.
Usage examples of "mess kit".
The lightness of my canteen and mess kit surprised them, but otherwise there was no great impression made.
Nylon belt with bayonets, canteen, spoon, and stainless cup that served as a private's entire mess kit.
He had laid out her mess kit for her-khaki pants, a Gucci T-shirt, and ostrich-skin mosquito boots, exactly what she would have chosen herself.
No member of Easy ever peeled a potato after this point or swept a room or washed a mess kit or policed the area.
But he isn't going to let you insult him forever, and there wouldn't be enough of you left to stuff into a mess kit.
Outside, a line of marines shuffled past the immersion burners, each dipping his mess kit into the boiling water.
Rhodes shook himself, and looked at the young staff officer in his resplendent mess kit.
Places for everyone were set with plates and utensils from a mess kit John had bought.
There was a poisoned knife that shot out of the toe, a mini-laser that could be used for welding or for shooting people, a dart gun, an ammunition box, a toolkit, a condom dispenser, a small bottle of hot sauce, a length of super-strong monofilament line, a compass, a flare gun, a collapsible mess kit, a saw, a corkscrew, a magnifying glass, and a bunch of other things, some of which he had to read the manual to find out about because he had forgotten.
A black pool of coffee in its tin mess kit caught a few golden glints from the weak yellow bulbs in the room.
Besides damage to my pride and person, he had punctured my tent, ripped my knapsack, dented my mess kit, and smashed my flashlight into three pieces!
She took the lid off her mess kit and, holding it with her bandana, gingerly waved it over the Shimmering ashes.