hardtack
['hɑrd`tæk]
n. 硬饼干, 压缩饼干



hardtack
[ noun ]

1. very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple

<noun.food>

2. a mountain mahogany

<noun.substance>

Hardtack \Hard"tack`\ or Hard-tack
\Hard"-tack`\(h[aum]rd"t[a^]k`), n.
1. A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of
unleavened hard biscuit or sea bread. Called also {pilot
biscuit}, {pilot bread}, {ship biscuit} and {ship bread}

2. Any of several mahogany trees, esp. the {Cercocarpus
betuloides}. --MW10
[PJC]