sabretache
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sabretache
C19: via French from German Säbeltasche sabre pocket
Example Sentences
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While thus occupied, I felt something heavy clink against my leg, and opening the sabretache, discovered a purse containing upwards of forty golden Napoleons and some silver.
From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James
Rostov also tried to rise but fell back, his sabretache having become entangled in the saddle.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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.
"And a sabre and a sabretache," continued the Sergeant.
From Betty at Fort Blizzard by Seawell, Molly Elliot
The yellow stripes down his legs and the sabre and sabretache were dazzling to Kettle, But an objection rose on the horizon.
From Betty at Fort Blizzard by Seawell, Molly Elliot
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