Etymology

bouget

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Today it means: A charge resembling a yoke and a pair of the water bags that were formerly used to supply an army in battle. Full definition →

Middle French bougette
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  1. Middle French · derived frombougette“little pouch”
  2. English todaybouget

The heraldic sense derives from an older spelling and meaning of budget, "small bag" (compare Middle English bouget, bowgett (“a leather bag or wallet”)), from Middle French bougette (“little pouch”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.