haversack

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈhævəsæk/

Definition of haversack

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.
    “And most significant, these hordes of nonmotorized tourists, hungry for a taste of the difficult, the original, the real, do not consist solely of people young and athletic but also of old folks, fat folks, pale-faced office clerks who don’t know a rucksack from a haversack, and even children.”
    “When I went, I left from the station / With a haversack and some trepidation”
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noun

  1. A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.
    “And most significant, these hordes of nonmotorized tourists, hungry for a taste of the difficult, the original, the real, do not consist solely of people young and athletic but also of old folks, fat folks, pale-faced office clerks who don’t know a rucksack from a haversack, and even children.”
    “When I went, I left from the station / With a haversack and some trepidation”
  2. (archaic)An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse.

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Etymology

From French havresac, from Low German Haaversack and/or German Habersack, Hafersack (literally “oat-sack”), from Hafer + Sack. Compare also Dutch haverzak.

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