sea bread en · NOUN
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(archaic, uncountable) Synonym of hardtack.
He missed his eggs and bacon, and his teeth were not too good for the grinding of hard sea bread. "Have some bread, Mr. Casy. This tack seems prime to me, not a worm, mind you, and that coffee's been around the Horn, if it is coffee. […]
1933, Felix Riesenberg, Mother Sea, page 31: