A mess tin is the flat metal dish used for cooking and eating outdoors. Cook in a mess tin.
Two nest inside each other, and the lid of one is the pan for the other. A mess tin doubles as a plate, which saves both weight and washing up.
1nounmess tinThe flat metal dish used for cooking and eating outdoors.
“Everything was cooked in one mess tin for a fortnight.”
mess tin is a dish.
Practised in Camping & Outdoors