Haversack

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A bag for oats or oatmeal.

II. Haversack ·noun A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.

III. Haversack ·noun A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march;

— distinguished from knapsack.

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