powder flask

American  

noun

1. a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.

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powder flask British  

noun

1. a small flask or case formerly used to carry gunpowder

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Etymology

Origin of powder flask

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

Inside are more crucifixes, a matching pair of pistols, a brass powder flask, holy water, a Gothic Bible, a wooden mallet, a stake, brass candlesticks and rosary beads.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2022

Half unconsciously his fingers had been toying with a powder flask lying on the table before him, and a small portion of its contents had fallen into his palm.

From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Bentley, Charles S.

Wrenching open the locked drawer, a brace of pistols, a powder flask, a bullet-bag, and a round green box of percussion-caps lay before him.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

At the bandolier across my shoulder swung my bullet pouch and powder flask, in the former also some bits of tow along with the cleaning worm.

From The Way of a Man by Hough, Emerson

There's the powder flask which charged the pistol, an English flask filled with English powder.

From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)