haversackn.

Brit.

/ˈhavəsak/, U.S.

/ˈhævərˌsæk/

Forms: 1600s– haversack, 1700s– havresack, 1800s havresac.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French havresac.

Etymology: < French havresac bag containing oats for horses (1667 in the passage translated in quot. 1696), bag used by soldiers to carry their possessions (1680) < German Hafersack , Habersack bag containing oats for horses (1512 or earlier; later also used of such a sack employed to carry plunder; < Hafer , Haber haver n.² + Sack sack n.¹). Compare Dutch haverzak bag containing oats for horses (1613).

1. A bag or sack containing or intended for oats; spec. a horse's nosebag. Now rare (chiefly English regional (northern) in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > feeding horses > horse's feed-bag

haversack1696

nosebag1788

morral1915

feed-bag-

1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman ii. iii. 6 Give him [sc. a horse] his Oats in a Haver-Sack [Fr. vn havre sac] or Bag which hangs at his Head by a String, such as Troopers use in the Army.

1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide lxi. 259 Make him eat in a Place where there is no Manger,..giving him his Oats in a Haversack.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Haver A haversack,..to the Borderer,..was the oatmeal sack.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 69 Haversack, a cleanish pooak wi' t' havermeal in 't. Tak a haversack wi' ye.

1899 tr. L. Tolstoy War & Peace IV. x. xxxvi. 328 The horses were munching oats in haversacks.

2. A strong bag, typically carried over one shoulder, used by soldiers and (later also) travellers, hikers, etc., for carrying supplies.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on back or over shoulder

knapsack1603

snapsack1633

snap-bag1688

haversack1711

pikau1836

nunny bag1842

packsack1851

pack1853

rucksack1853

kiondo1902

backpack1914

Charley1919

Bergan1923

musette1923

daypack1969

daysack1974

1711 Mem. Visct. Dundee 57 The Company of Officers,..their Half-pikes turned into Firelocks, and their Gorgets and Sashes into Cartouch-boxes and Haver-sacks.

1713 T. Rands Pax in Crumena 17 The Author,..hanging his Haversack upon his Pistol, the Cornet's Horse attack'd it, eat his Bread, and broke his Butter-Box.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. ii. viii. 166 A long sword lay by him on the grass, with an havresack, of which he had unloaded his shoulders.

1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa iv. 87 The venerable man, From out his haversack and can, Prepared and spread his slender stock.

1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 36 1128 Both straps of the havresack are to be worn outside the waist belt.

1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 94 He who travels by a German railway needs patience and a full haversack.

1918 E. Hemingway Lett. (2011) I. 113 I load up a haversack and take my tin lid and gas mask and beat it up to the trenches.

1971 D. Du Maurier Don't look Now (U.S. ed.) 136 There was a haversack and a picnic-basket lying by the entrance.

1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 216 I hoiked the haversack up more comfy on my back.

2008 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 19 Apr. 2 A slender young woman,..with a kiwi-embossed leather haversack slung over her shoulder,..set out to walk from one end of New Zealand to the other.

3. Gunnery. Also more fully gunner's haversack. A (typically leather) case or bag used for carrying ammunition. Now historical.

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1797 W. Stevens Syst. Discipline Artillery U.S.A. vi. 57 When firing keep your left hand in the haversack ready to take out such ammunition as may be wanted.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pass-box, a box of wood, used to carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the gun when they are too large to be conveyed in the gunner's haversack.

1997 R. B. Winders Mr. Polk’s army vi. 91 Artillery implements included..the gunner's haversack to carry the charge and projectile to the piece.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	haversack
释义	haversackn. Brit. /ˈhavəsak/, U.S. /ˈhævərˌsæk/ Forms: 1600s– haversack, 1700s– havresack, 1800s havresac. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French havresac. Etymology: < French havresac bag containing oats for horses (1667 in the passage translated in quot. 1696), bag used by soldiers to carry their possessions (1680) < German Hafersack , Habersack bag containing oats for horses (1512 or earlier; later also used of such a sack employed to carry plunder; < Hafer , Haber haver n.² + Sack sack n.¹). Compare Dutch haverzak bag containing oats for horses (1613). 1. A bag or sack containing or intended for oats; spec. a horse's nosebag. Now rare (chiefly English regional (northern) in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > feeding horses > horse's feed-bag haversack1696 nosebag1788 morral1915 feed-bag- 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman ii. iii. 6 Give him [sc. a horse] his Oats in a Haver-Sack [Fr. vn havre sac] or Bag which hangs at his Head by a String, such as Troopers use in the Army. 1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide lxi. 259 Make him eat in a Place where there is no Manger,..giving him his Oats in a Haversack. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Haver A haversack,..to the Borderer,..was the oatmeal sack. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 69 Haversack, a cleanish pooak wi' t' havermeal in 't. Tak a haversack wi' ye. 1899 tr. L. Tolstoy War & Peace IV. x. xxxvi. 328 The horses were munching oats in haversacks. 2. A strong bag, typically carried over one shoulder, used by soldiers and (later also) travellers, hikers, etc., for carrying supplies. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on back or over shoulder knapsack1603 snapsack1633 snap-bag1688 haversack1711 pikau1836 nunny bag1842 packsack1851 pack1853 rucksack1853 kiondo1902 backpack1914 Charley1919 Bergan1923 musette1923 daypack1969 daysack1974 1711 Mem. Visct. Dundee 57 The Company of Officers,..their Half-pikes turned into Firelocks, and their Gorgets and Sashes into Cartouch-boxes and Haver-sacks. 1713 T. Rands Pax in Crumena 17 The Author,..hanging his Haversack upon his Pistol, the Cornet's Horse attack'd it, eat his Bread, and broke his Butter-Box. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. ii. viii. 166 A long sword lay by him on the grass, with an havresack, of which he had unloaded his shoulders. 1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa iv. 87 The venerable man, From out his haversack and can, Prepared and spread his slender stock. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 36 1128 Both straps of the havresack are to be worn outside the waist belt. 1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 94 He who travels by a German railway needs patience and a full haversack. 1918 E. Hemingway Lett. (2011) I. 113 I load up a haversack and take my tin lid and gas mask and beat it up to the trenches. 1971 D. Du Maurier Don't look Now (U.S. ed.) 136 There was a haversack and a picnic-basket lying by the entrance. 1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 216 I hoiked the haversack up more comfy on my back. 2008 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 19 Apr. 2 A slender young woman,..with a kiwi-embossed leather haversack slung over her shoulder,..set out to walk from one end of New Zealand to the other. 3. Gunnery. Also more fully gunner's haversack. A (typically leather) case or bag used for carrying ammunition. Now historical. ΚΠ 1797 W. Stevens Syst. Discipline Artillery U.S.A. vi. 57 When firing keep your left hand in the haversack ready to take out such ammunition as may be wanted. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pass-box, a box of wood, used to carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the gun when they are too large to be conveyed in the gunner's haversack. 1997 R. B. Winders Mr. Polk’s army vi. 91 Artillery implements included..the gunner's haversack to carry the charge and projectile to the piece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1696
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