forepack

plural forepacks

1. rareA pack or container carried or located on the front or forward side.

   This could not be applied to the forepack ballast tank but this will be generally operated at a fixed level.

   1993, Proceedings - Offshore Technology Conference

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   The hulls are subdivided by five steel and one wooden watertight bulkheads. In the forepack is a storeroom for provisions, etc.; also gasoline tanks, behind which is a crew space, with ample accommodation for eight men, while aft are smaller but more comfortable quarters for two officers.

   1917, Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, volume 37, page 41

   A forepack carried over the saddlebags contained a gas mask, hand spade, food bag, field flask and cooking utensils.

   1991, Alex Buchner, The German infantry handbook, 1939-1945

   And now there are not only backpacks but forepacks, bulky knapsacks hanging under the chin and alleged by their manufacturers to be an essential security precaution.

   1996, Dervla Murphy, The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe