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Webster 1913 Edition

(hăv′ẽr-săk)

Noun.

[F.

havresac

, G.

habersack

, sack for oats. See 2d

, and

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.