knapsack en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnæpsæk/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Low German knapzak or Dutch knapzak (older form cnapsack), from Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin, + sack. German Knappsack is from Dutch.
Meanings
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(US, archaic, in UK) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
The two elder reluctantly left him and walked on, taking their brother's knapsack to relieve him in following, and the youngest entered the field.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 23:1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. "All but Nancy carried knapsacks, with sandwiches and thermos flasks of tea. Peggy’s knapsack held Nancy’s provisions as well as her own, for on Nancy’s shoulders, instead of a knapsack, was a pigeon-basket […]"
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Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| knapsacks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (27)
fr sac à dos (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · bo ཕད་གོག (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · ru ранец (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · ru рюкза́к (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu batyu (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu hátizsák (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · it zainetto (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · grc γυλιός (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · it zaino (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · sv ryggsäck (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu általvető (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · es morral (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · la mantica (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · tr sırt çantası (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · la pēra (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu tarisznya (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · yi רוקזאַק (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · ka ზურგჩანთა (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · got 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · de Rucksack (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu kenyérzsák (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu oldalzsák (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu iszák (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · fi reppu (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · de Tornister (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · bg раница (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back) · hu zsák (case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back)