haversack means A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
haversack is pronounced /ˈhævəsæk/.
Etymology
From French havresac, from Low German Haaversack and/or German Habersack, Hafersack (literally “oat-sack”), from Hafer + Sack. Compare also Dutch haverzak.
noun
- A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.“And most significant, these hordes of nonmotorized tourists, hungry for a taste of the difficult, the original, the real, do not consist solely of people young and athletic but also of old folks, fat folks, pale-faced office clerks who don’t know a rucksack from a haversack, and even children.”
- An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse.