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packsack

noun

Etymology

From pack + sack.

  1. derived from sacco
  2. derived from sac
  3. derived from σάκκος — “bag of coarse cloth”
  4. derived from saccus — “large bag”
  5. inherited from *sakkuz✻ — “sack”
  6. inherited from *sakku✻
  7. inherited from sacc — “sack, bag”
  8. inherited from sak
  9. compounded as packsack — “pack + sack”

Definitions

  1. A backpack, knapsack, rucksack or similar bag packed with provisions or personal items,…

    A backpack, knapsack, rucksack or similar bag packed with provisions or personal items, especially as carried by a traveller or a hiker, and often slung over the shoulder.

    • The boy has a little packsack, in which he can carry twenty-five pounds for a short portage.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA