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Bergan|ˈbɜːgən|
Also Bergan(s), Bergen and with small initial.
[Manufacturer's name.]
A proprietary name for a type of rucksack supported on a frame; loosely, any rucksack.
1923Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 19 June 516/2 Sverre Young, Christiania, Norway... Bergan... Claims use since 1911. 1935Encycl. Sports 514/1 The great advantage of the frame type, which is known, from its original model, as the ‘Bergans’ type, is that the weight is supported off the back. 1940W. S. Gilkison Peaks, Packs & Mountain Tracks 37 Eighty pounds of cargo stowed inside a Bergan pack. 1965A. Blackshaw Mountaineering iii. 104 Frames are usually 15 ins. (for women) and 17 ins. (for men). Lightweight versions (e.g. the Bergen) can be used for a day in the hills. 1980Globe & Laurel July/Aug. 213/2 C/Sgt Millerchip (39) picked up several ‘Brownie points’ by repeatedly carrying Nurse Julie Chapman's (22) bergen. 1983McGowan & Hands Don't cry for Me iv. 81 The Marines..carried their ‘bergans’ or back-packs. 1985Survival Weaponry Dec. 51/2, I carried this one in my bergan. 1986Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 June tm65/2 F. E. Dahl & Co. A/S, Drammen, Norway..Bergans of Norway..for rucksacks and fabric pack-type infant carrier. |