gamebag

American  

[geym-bag] / ˈgeɪmˌbæg /

noun

1. a bag, usually of leather or canvas, for carrying game, especially birds, killed by a hunter.

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Etymology

Origin of gamebag

First recorded in 1820–30; game ¹ + bag

Example Sentences

Picking me up he ran toward his father, who was coming back from the neighboring swamp with his loaded gamebag.

From Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird by Patterson, Virginia Sharpe

Each youth carried his shotgun and his gamebag, containing his dinner, and also a good supply of ammunition.

From Four Boy Hunters by Bonehill, Ralph

The poor discouraged huntsman sat down on a stone that supported the signpost, relieved himself of his gun and his gamebag, and heaved a long sigh.

From Adieu by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

The eagle, luckily unhurt, was rewarded with a small pigeon from my gamebag.

From The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Wyss, Jean Rudolph

Here and there are books, reviews, a little work-basket in the shape of a gamebag, with silk tassels, a bunch of violets in a glass vase, and green plants in the jardinieres.

From Fromont and Risler — Complete by Daudet, Alphonse