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HAVERSACK, or HAVRESACK (through the French from Ger. Haber-sack, an oat-sack, a nose-bag, Hafer or Haver, oats)

HAVERSACK, or HAVRESACK (through the See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French from Ger. Haber-See also:
SACK
sack, an See also:
OAT (O. Eng. ate; the word is not found in cognate languages; it may be allied with Fr. eitel, knot, nodule, cf. Gr. oiSos swelling)
oat-sack, a See also:
NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,
nose-bag, Hafer or Haver, oats) , the bag in which horsemen carried the oats for their horses . In See also:

Scotland and the See also:

north of See also:

England haver, meaning oats, is still used, as haver-See also:

MEAL

meal or haver-See also:

BREAD

bread . See also:

HAVERSACK, or HAVRESACK (through the French from Ger. Haber-sack, an oat-sack, a nose-bag, Hafer or Haver, oats)

Haversack is now used for the strong bag made of See also:

LINEN

linen or See also:

CANVAS

canvas, in which soldiers, sportsmen or travellers, carry their See also:

PERSONAL

personal belongings, or more usually the provisions for the See also:

day . right of See also:

PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition . See also:

HAVERHILL

Haverhill was incorporated as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1645 and became a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

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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