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sabretache|ˈsæbətɑːʃ, -æ-|
Also sabretasch(e, -tash.
[a. F. sabretache, ad. G. säbeltasche, f. säbel sabre, sable n.2 + tasche pocket.]
A leather satchel suspended on the left side by long straps from the sword-belt of a cavalry officer.
A MS. letter of 1812 has the word in the corrupt form zappadash. The Dicts. incorrectly give |ˈseɪbətɑːʃ, -æ-|.
1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 167 A pouch belt and a sabre-tache. 1841Lever C. O'Malley xv, As strapping a fellow as ever carried a sabretasch. 1858Sir E. Cust Ann. Wars p. viii, The Volume has been so managed that it may not be too much for the pocket, or the sabretash. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. vii. i. (1872) II. 237 He is withal a kind of soldier..a man of many sabre-tashes. 1901Scotsman 7 Nov. 5/8 The King has been graciously pleased to approve the abolition of the sabre tache. |