Crossword clues for haversack
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Haversack \Hav"er*sack\ (h[a^]v"[~e]r*s[a^]k), n. [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d Haver, and Sack a bag.]
A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.
A gunner's case or bag used to carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap. Originally made of canvas. 2 (context archaic English) oat-sack, or nose-bag for a horse.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A haversack or small pack is a bag with a single shoulder strap. Although similar to a backpack, the single shoulder strap differentiates this type from other backpacks. There are exceptions to this general rule.
Usage examples of "haversack".
Slinging the strap of the haversack over my shoulder, I also ran from the cave and followed Chubby down into the palm grove towards the beach.
Got my haversack lined with jaconet and filled with cut-dressings, very convenient, as you have both hands free.
She was a good mother too, and that was why Obadiah did not care that Flora Placket was as ugly as a haversack.
The gypsy filled their canteens and brought them each a liter of red wine with the corks half pulled and a saucisson which they stowed in their haversacks.
Nettle groped in his haversack for the saucisson, cut it into three and passed a piece to Turner with a chunk of bread.
Then he picked up the rifle and haversack and slung them over his shoulders.
Then he hoisted his heavy packboard to his back, drew his haversack over his left shoulder, picked up his spear, and started out.
As he adjusted his packboard to fit comfortably across his back, and pulled his haversack over his shoulder, he suddenly understood.
A quarter of an hour afterwards, having taken the precaution to put some biscuits and cold meat into their haversacks, and to fill their flasks with rum and water, they started and rode across the plain to the Sardinian camp.
The guerrillas unloaded the rest of the ammunition and the weapons in disciplined silence, but they could not conceal their grins of delight as they handed down the bags of ammunition and 302 the haversacks of grenades, for these were the tools of their trade.
Ayla and Jondalar finished breaking camp and much to the surprise -- and interest-of the waiting people, packed their supplies and equipment on the horse, rather than in backframes or haversacks which they would have carried themselves.
It was a lung-bursting run, hampered by packs, pouches, haversacks and weapons, but the men forced themselves on towards the Dutchmen who had crossed the stream.
Father Quixote was not beside the car, but Rocinante had company now -- a Renault was parked behind her, and a young couple in blue jeans sat among the rocks with haversacks beside them which they were filling with cups and saucers and plates left over, judging by the debris, from a very good breakfast.
Each one of us had our haversacks full of such small delicacies as it was possible for us to get when we started, these consisting of corn bread and fat bacon--nothing less, nothing more.
I thought then that possibly I had been a little indiscreet in exposing our valuables, but in this I was mistaken, for we had, indeed, fallen into the hands of gentlemen, whose zeal for the Lost Cause was greater than that for obtaining worldly wealth, and who not only refused the bribe, but took us to a well-furnished and well-supplied farm house close by, gave us an excellent breakfast, allowing us to sit at the table in a beautiful dining-room, with a lady at the head, filled our haversacks with good, wholesome food, and allowed us to keep our property, with an admonition to be careful how we showed it again.