sabretache

/ ˈsæbəˌtæʃ /

noun

1. a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle

Word History and Origins

Origin of sabretache¹

C19: via French from German Säbeltasche sabre pocket

Example Sentences

Joseph, his valet, handed him his sabretache and saber, and they all went out into the vestibule.

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For there was the sabretache to examine and admire, with its ornate embossings and glittering embroidery.

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Having finished, he locked his room and put the key in his sabretache.

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The yellow stripes down his legs and the sabre and sabretache were dazzling to Kettle, But an objection rose on the horizon.

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Denisov smiled, took out of his sabretache a handkerchief that diffused a smell of perfume, and put it to Nesvitski's nose.

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