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a tin fortress for things too proud to spill or stale.
means A small, usually cylindrical container of metal or other sturdy material, used to store dry goods, gas, film, or other things that need keeping safe and sealed.
from From Latin 'canistrum,' a wicker basket for bread or fruit, which itself came from Greek 'kanastron,' a basket woven from reeds — the same 'kanna' (reed) that gives us 'cane.' So the proud metal tin began life, fittingly, as humble woven straw; the material hardened over the centuries while the name stayed put.
- war origin
- Canister shot packed cannons with deadly metal balls
- tea hoarding
- Victorian tea caddies locked tea like treasure
- film vault
- Movie reels lived in flat metal canisters for decades
- vacuum seal
- Airtight lids keep coffee aromatic for weeks
- space tech
- Gas canisters power thrusters on actual spacecraft
for instance
apollo 13 oxygen tank — ruptured during 1970 lunar mission, nearly killed the three astronauts aboard