bread-barge

noun

A wooden box or tub in which the merchant vessel's crew keep a daily allowance of bread or other biscuits.

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Meanings

nounbread-barge (plural bread-barges)

plural bread-barges

  1. nauticalA wooden box or tub in which the merchant vessel's crew keep a daily allowance of bread or other biscuits.
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APA

bread-barge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread-barge

MLA

“bread-barge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread-barge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bread-barge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread-barge.

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