haversack
noun/ˈhævəsæk/
/ˈhævərsæk/
(old-fashioned)- a bag that is carried on the back or over the shoulder, used especially by soldiers or when walking in the countryWord Originmid 18th cent.: from French havresac, from obsolete German Habersack, denoting a bag used by soldiers to carry oats as horse feed, from dialect Haber ‘oats’ + Sack ‘sack, bag’.
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