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A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
Answer for the clue "A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder ", 8 letters:
rucksack
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1866, from German Rucksack, from Alpine dialect Rück "the back" (from German Rücken ; see ridge ) + Sack "sack" (see sack (n.1)).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Carrying a rucksack or anything over your shoulder is likely to aggravate this. ▪ Furious with myself for these creeping insidious thoughts I focussed on lengthening my stride and levitating the rucksack . ▪ He banged down the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack , back pack , knapsack , packsack , haversack ]
Usage examples of rucksack.
We were a strange procession -- Dem Ria and Dem Loa sweeping down the steep staircase ahead of me, then me carrying the flechette pistol and fumbling the rucksack on my back, then little Bin followed by his sister, Ces Ambre, then, carefully locking the trapdoor behind him, Alem Mikail Dem Alem.
Vasily Petrovich, Pavlik and Auntie were shouting together, in varying stages of despair, as they fussed around the Alpine rucksacks and travelling-bag.
Chechens, Sawn gathered the group into a cigar-shaped perimeter and had them drop their rucksacks.
Chechens, Sawn gathered the group into a cigar shaped perimeter and had them drop their rucksacks.
She had the canteen slung on one shoulder, and the second rucksack on the other.
As a result of the Dickensian excess the Yuletide always evoked in her soul, her baggage had evolved from a simple rucksack for easy cross-country hiking to a swarm of bulging valises and portmanteaus bought in Staddle High Street to contain her acquired freight of gifts.
Here I was, a tired old litigator who had sold everything from my racehorse to my Rolex, and had packed all that remained into a large rucksack that would be my constant companion as I ventured into the timeless traditions of the East.
He unshouldered his rucksack and took a swig of water, rolling it about in his mouth to enjoy it as much as possible before swallowing.
James said, stooping to the rucksack and pulling out what looked like a thick crossbow bolt with a wicked barbed head.
It was warm, so Knucklebones wore only leathers and knucklebone pendant and knife, with a rucksack slung over one shoulder.
The brightest thing on the dark rock was the Setebos egg still glowing milkily in his rucksack.
Turcotte had immediately sized up the other man physi- ishing the long overland movements with heavy rucksack as cally.
I now had a full issue of field gear, including a steel pot and a CAR-15 carbine, web gear and canteens, rucksacks and ponchos, jungle boots and fatigues, a pistol and a knife, a survival vest with radios and a parachute harness, and a flight helmet and gloves.
He was glad I had turned out not to be some hippy rucksack smartass after all, but a decent American boy, considerate of his father.
She reached behind her back, shoving candy tins away from whatever had caught the rucksack.