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noun
Obsolete form of budget (“purse, bag; etc”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A charge resembling a yoke and a pair of the water bags that were formerly used to supply an army in battle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Synonyms: water-bouget
Antonyms: none provided
History
The heraldic sense derives from an older spelling and meaning of budget, "small bag" (compare Middle English bouget, bowgett (“a leather bag or wallet”)), from Middle French bougette (“little pouch”).
