Soyer stove

noun

A portable field stove used by the British army, initially in the Crimean War.

Meanings

nounSoyer stove (plural Soyer stoves)

plural Soyer stoves

  1. historicalA portable field stove used by the British army, initially in the Crimean War.

Origin

Named after Alexis Soyer (1810–1858), its inventor.

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