cooktent

English

Alternative forms

• cook-tent, cook tent

Etymology

From cook +‎ tent.

Noun

cooktent (plural cooktents)

1. A tent that is equipped with cooking paraphernalia that supplies food for a camp.
   • 1987, Herbert Gold, The Man Who Was Not With It, page 14:

     Our cooktent had a pleasant business warmth, too.

   • 2010, Shannon Meadows, Road Wench: It's a Tour, Not a Holiday:

     The cooktent had been cleaned with the help of the clients on roster, then finished off by the reps.

   • 2017, Ed McBain, Don't Crowd Me:

     Jean seemed to be considering my proposition, almost as if I'd asked her up to my hotel room instead of over to a lousy cooktent for a cup of coffee.