"haversack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: haversacks [plural]
Etymology: From French havresac, from Low German Haaversack and/or German Habersack, Hafersack (literally “oat-sack”), from Hafer + Sack. Compare also Dutch haverzak. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|havresac}} French havresac, {{der|en|nds|Haaversack}} Low German Haaversack, {{der|en|de|Habersack}} German Habersack, {{m|de|Hafersack|lit=oat-sack}} Hafersack (literally “oat-sack”), {{m|de|Hafer}} Hafer, {{m|de|Sack}} Sack, {{cog|nl|haverzak}} Dutch haverzak Head templates: {{en-noun}} haversack (plural haversacks)
  1. A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas. Categories (topical): Bags Translations (oat bag): haverzak (Dutch), kaurasäkki (Finnish), Hafersack (German) Translations (shoulder bag): γυλιός (guliós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), сухарна торба (suharna torba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), мешка (meška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), olkareppu (Finnish), Brotbeutel [masculine] (German), ταγάρι (tagári) [neuter] (Greek), mála lóin [masculine] (Irish), Rigjesak [masculine] (Plautdietsch), chlebak [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-haversack-en-noun-Q~HfMm8X Disambiguation of Bags: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'oat bag': 57 43 Disambiguation of 'shoulder bag': 94 6
  2. (archaic) An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-haversack-en-noun-C6ZJCI5E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: backpack, knapsack, rucksack

Inflected forms

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