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A leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
- 1896, Letter from Winston Churchill, on Army duty in India, to his mother Two years in Europe—with a campaign thrown in—would I think qualify me to be allowed to beat my sword into a paper cutter & my sabretache into an election address.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From French sabretache, from German Säbeltasche, from Säbel (“sabre”) and Tasche (“pocket”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
sabretache
— hanging cavalry pouch
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German:
Säbeltasche
— hanging cavalry pouch
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Hungarian:
tarsoly
— hanging cavalry pouch
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Polish:
szabeltas
— hanging cavalry pouch
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Russian:
ташка
(taška)
— hanging cavalry pouch
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Spanish:
portapliegos
— hanging cavalry pouch
