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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 82 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAVERSACK, or HAVRESACK (through the
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French from Ger. Haber-
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sack, an
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oat-sack, a
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nose-bag, Hafer or Haver, oats)  , the bag in which horsemen carried the oats for their horses . In
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Scotland and the
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north of
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England haver, meaning oats, is still used, as haver-
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meal or haver-
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bread .
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Haversack is now used for the strong bag made of
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linen or
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canvas, in which soldiers, sportsmen or travellers, carry their
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personal belongings, or more usually the provisions for the
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day . right of
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petition .
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Haverhill was incorporated as a
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town in 1645 and became a
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city in 1869 .

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The same problem here as with all other similar sites, no dates/period supplied! There is a huge gap between a horses nose bag, and a soldiers ration bag! What was in between? Did civilians use this haversack / and if so WHEN ? All sites for haversack jump from a no date nose bag, to a revolution or American civil war soldier bag. Not good enough, so much history and information missing. I would like to see more, I NEED more information.
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