sabretache

British  

/ ˈsæbəˌtæʃ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sabretache

C19: via French from German Säbeltasche sabre pocket

Example Sentences

Now, look here'—as he spoke he drew from his sabretache five bills for one hundred pounds each; 'you see I am similarly prepared.

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James

He opened it as rapid steps approached along the passage, accompanied by the jingle of spurs and the clatter of sabretache and trailing sabre.

From The Snare by Sabatini, Rafael

The spectacle of Master Isaac thus arrayed, in all the glory of epaulets and sabretache and the gold braid of a full colonel, reconciled the inhabitants of St. Peter's Port to his departure.

From The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 by Nursey, Walter R.

He thrust it carelessly into his sabretache, and, pulling out a crown piece, chucked it towards me, saying, "Good-bye, friend; if they don't hang you, you 'll make some noise in the world yet."

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

I snatched the feather from under the greasy band, and for years it was deposited in the bottom of my sabretache.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.