canteen
noun
[ kanˈtiːn ]
• a restaurant provided by an organization such as a college, factory, or company for its students or staff.
• a small water bottle, as used by soldiers or campers.
• a specially designed case or box containing a set of cutlery.
Origin:
mid 18th century (originally denoting a shop selling provisions or alcohol in a barracks or garrison town): from French cantine, from Italian cantina ‘cellar’. A French use of cantine denoting a small compartmented case for carrying bottles of wine may have given rise to canteen (sense 3).
