satchel
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English
Etymology
First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.
Pronunciation
Noun
satchel (plural satchels)
- A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
- "Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel, which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every description, during her whole homeward journey.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 239:
- A young culprit has been caught in the fact of robbing an orchard, and brought back to his master, who stands over him with an iron face of angry authority;—the very apples, as if anxious to bear witness against him, are tumbling from his satchel.
Derived terms
- besatcheled (rare)
Related terms
Translations
bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
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Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
satchel
- Alternative form of sachel