hardtack

hardtack
/hahrd"tak'/, n.
a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations. Also called pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit, ship bread.
[1830-40; HARD + TACK2]

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