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noun
1.
a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
2.
a soldier's bag for rations, extra clothing, etc.
Origin:
1740–50; earlier havresack < French havresac < German Habersack, equivalent to Haber oats (compare dialectal English haver < Old Norse hafrar oats) + Sack sack1
1740–50; earlier havresack < French havresac < German Habersack, equivalent to Haber oats (compare dialectal English haver < Old Norse hafrar oats) + Sack sack1
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Haversack
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haversack
1749, from Fr. havresac (1680), from Low Ger. hafersach "cavalry trooper's bag for horse provender," lit. "oat sack," from the Gmc. word for "oat" (cf. O.N. hafri, M.Du. havere, O.H.G. habaro). "Haver is a common word in the northern countries for oats." [Johnson]
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