Meanings
plural kitbags · alternative kit bag · alternative kit-bag
- UKgovernmentA large cylindrical holdall.
Others have abandoned their vehicles and have set off back towards the Russian border on foot, lugging their weapons and kitbags, videos suggest.
2022 March 4, Luke Harding, “Demoralised Russian soldiers tell of anger at being ‘duped’ into war”, in The Guardian1 more example
Besides, whilst he had been in hospital, practically the whole of his equipment had disappeared from his kitbag – including Sylvia's two pair of sheets! – and he had no money with which to get more.
1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 371Synonyms: (US, Australia) duffel bag
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large cylindrical holdall.
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Origin
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kitbag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitbag
“kitbag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitbag. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitbag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitbag.
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