1. Swill it in hot water and detergent. (a canteen as a tinplate or enamelled steel drinking / food vessel) 2. Eject all customers and scrub down. ( canteen which is a communal eating place)
Be sure your suit is contamination free; decontaminate it if necessary. Decontaminate the outer portion of the canteen and the water faucet. Open the canteen and fill it until it overflows. Empty the canteen until the water level is just under the neck. Place the cap back onto the canteen.
Storage of clean water
The collective nouns are canteen of water and a canteen of cutlery.
Confederate States, if the canteen is from the US Civil War. If you are asking about a foriegn non-US canteen or modern canteen, I have no idea.
A flask is similar to a canteen.
Hollywood Canteen was created in 1944.
Student Canteen was created in 1958.
Student Canteen ended in 1990.
Victory Canteen was created in 1971.
Cowboy Canteen was created in 1944.
Canteen Boy was created in 1993.
Canteen can mean a couple of things. Canteen can mean the container you carry while camping, generally full of water. In military parlance, canteen also means the place where you go to eat. For further information and definition, here's a link to the dictionary.com definition. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Canteen