sea bag

American  

noun

1. a tubular canvas bag closed by a drawstring, used by a sailor for gear.

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sea bag British  

noun

1. a canvas bag, closed by a line threaded through grommets at the top, used by a seaman for his belongings

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Etymology

Origin of sea bag

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Andrew Pendracki, told Military.com at the time that underwear was issued to Marines in their initial sea bag and that undergarments were considered personal items to be purchased at the individual’s expense following recruit training.

From Washington Post

Ferlinghetti went west in early 1951, landing in San Francisco with a sea bag and little else.

From Seattle Times

“Normally you can just grab your sea bag and head off to the race while the husband or wife takes care of everything, but one of us has to deal with the rental house.”

From New York Times

He’d only ever seen a big civilian city from the inside of planes or airports, and now he was outside on the tarmac—in his undress blues and carrying a sea bag, and the uncountable Falstaffs and Singapore slings were exacting their revenge on his head and guts—in a city, Da Nang, that was home to hundreds of thousands and was taking artillery fire, smoke rising like giant ghost trees from the rooftops.

From The New Yorker

“I got off that ship with my sea bag over my shoulder and we threw it on a truck and they carted me over to Kaneohe from Pearl Harbor where we had landed,” Long recalled.

From Washington Times