单词 | sabretache |
释义 | sabretachen. A leather satchel suspended on the left side by long straps from the sword-belt of a cavalry officer. A MS. letter of 1812 has the word in the corrupt form zappadash. Some dictionaries give the pronunciation ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > cavalry satchel sabretache1812 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 167 A pouch belt and a sabre-tache. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xv As strapping a fellow as ever carried a sabretasch. 1858 E. Cust Ann. Wars p. viii The Volume has been so managed that it may not be too much for the pocket, or the sabretash. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. i. 146 He is withal a kind of soldier..man of many sabre-tashes. 1901 Scotsman 7 Nov. 5/8 The King has been graciously pleased to approve the abolition of the sabre tache. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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