kyackn.
/ˈkʌɪak/ U.S.
‘A form of packsack consisting of two hollow containers swung on either side of a packsaddle’ ( Dict. Americanisms).
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1901 Sunset Mar. 138/1 Our camp now lay in perfect chaos—blankets, kyacks, saddle-bags, and cooking utensils in a jumble.
1904 Outing Oct. 98/2 Exactly the same bitter partisanship obtains in the choice of saddle, in the choice of alforjas or kyacks.
1944 R. F. Adams Western Words (1945) 88/2 Kyacks might be described as hollow containers, one on each side of the horse, each of sufficient capacity to hold the equal of two five-gallon oil cans placed side by side.
1948 Sierra Club Bull. (San Francisco) Dec. 2/2 Stock that..don't mind getting wet up to the kyacks at a stream crossing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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