sabretache

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Etymology

From French sabretache, from German Säbeltasche, from Säbel (sabre) and Tasche (pocket).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˌtæʃ/, /ˈsæ-/, /-b(ɹ)ə-/
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Noun

sabretache (plural sabretaches)

  1. (historical) A leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt.
    • 1877, John Doyle, A Descriptive Account of the Famous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava:
      There were five buttons blown off my dress jacket; the slings of my sabretache were cut off, but my sword belts were not touched.
    • 1896, Letter from Winston Churchill, on Army duty in India, to his mother
      Two years in Europe—with a campaign thrown in—would I think qualify me to be allowed to beat my sword into a paper cutter & my sabretache into an election address.
    • 1953, Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, page 32:
      A hand-stitched black sabretache rested on the chair beside her, together with a wide cartwheel hat of gold straw, its crown encircled by a thin black velvet ribbon which tied at the back in a short bow.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Säbeltasche.

Pronunciation

Noun

sabretache f (plural sabretaches)

  1. sabretache

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