Haversack

Definition: Haversack

Haversack

Noun

1. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.

Date "haversack" was first used: 1749. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Haversack Strictly speaking is a bag to carry oats in. (See Haver-Cakes.) It now means a soldier's ration-bag slung from the shoulder; a gunner's leather-case for carrying charges. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Haversack

Synonyms: back pack (n), backpack (n), knapsack (n), packsack (n), rucksack (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receptacle	Pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver; (magazine).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Haversack

Etymologies containing "haversack": haberdasher. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The haversack, as it was consumed with the horrid rags which it contained, left something uncovered which glistened in the ashes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Haversack" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "Haversack" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.83%	23	72,767
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	4.17%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "haversack": haversack-touting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "haversack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		çantë shpine (duffel bag, knapsack, packsack, satchel). (various references)

Arabic		‏حقيبة الظهر, ‏جراب الجراية. (various references)

Bulgarian		сухарна торба, раница (carrier bag, knapsack, pack, rucksack). (various references)

Czech		torna (knapsack), tlumok (knapsack, swag), chlebník. (various references)

Finnish		eväslaukku (lunch-box). (various references)

French		sac � dos, musette (haversacks). (various references)

German		brotbeutel. (various references)

Greek		σάκκοσ με προμήθειεσ, σακίδιο (kitbag, knapsack, pouch, rucksack), γύλιοσ (knapsack). (various references)

Hebrew		ילקוט צ�", תרמיל (bag, case, satchel, shell). (various references)

Hungarian		tarisznya (scrip). (various references)

Italian		tascapane, bisaccia;zaino, bisaccia (pannier, saddlebag). (various references)

Manx		poagey drommey (knapsack, rucksack). (various references)

Pig Latin		aversackhay

Portuguese		saco de camping, mochila (backpack, billfold, budget, kit, knapsack, notecase, wallet), dizer banalidades (commonplace). (various references)

Romanian		raniţã (kit, knapsack, pack, valise). (various references)

Russian		рюкзак (backpack, knapsack, packsack, pack-sack, rucksack), ранец-рюкзак, ранец (kit, knapsack, pack, satchel). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		naprtnjača (knapsack). (various references)

Spanish		morral (bag, carpetbag, game bag, nosebag, pouch, satchel), mochila (backpack, backpacks, barracks bag, knapsack, pack, rucksack), de mochila (knapsack). (various references)

Swedish		tornister (nose-bag), ryggsäck (backpack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack). (various references)

Thai		กระเป๋าผ้าใบที่สะพายบนไหล่เ�"ียว ของทหารหรือนักปีนเขา. (various references)

Turkish		sırt çantası (back-pack, field pack, knapsack, pack, rucksack), asker kumanyası. (various references)

Ukranian		сумка для провізії, речовий мішок (carryall, kit, kitbag). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Low German	800-1100	hafersach. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "haversack": haversacks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Haversack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: haversacked. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "haversack" (pronounced 'Hav"er*sack'): Coalsack, Cossack, Doodlesack, gripsack, Halter-sack, Kasack, knapsack, Snapsack, Woolsack. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-k-r-s-v"
	-2 letters: chakras, charkas, hackers.
	-3 letters: arches, arecas, caesar, carves, cavers, chakra, charas, chares, charka, charks, chaser, crakes, craves, creaks, eschar, haceks, hacker, havers, kasher, sacker, screak, search, shaker, shaver.
	-4 letters: aches, acres, araks, areas, areca, asker, avers, cakes, cares, carks, carse, carve, caver, caves, chare, chark, chars, chase, crake, crash, crave, creak, escar, eskar, haars, hacek, hacks, hakes, hares, harks, haver, haves, hears, hecks, kasha, kavas, races, racks, rakes, raves, reach, recks, rheas, sacra, saker, saver, scare, schav, serac, shack, shake, share, shark, shave, shear, varas.
	-5 letters: aahs, aces, ache, acre, arak, arch, arcs, area, ares, arks, arse, asea, aver, aves, cake, care, cark, cars, casa, case, cash, cask, cave, char, each, ears, eras, haar, hack, haes, hake, hare, hark, have, hear, heck, hers, kaas, kaes, kava, keas, kvas, race, rack, rake, rase, rash, rave, reck, recs, resh, revs, rhea, sack, sake, sark, save, scar, sear, sera, shea, vacs, vara, vars, vasa, vase, vera.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-k-r-s-v"
	+1 letter: haversacks.
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