packsack

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noun

A backpack, knapsack, rucksack or similar bag packed with provisions or personal items, especially as carried by a traveller or a hiker, and often slung over the shoulder.

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Meanings

nounpacksack (plural packsacks)

plural packsacks

  1. USA backpack, knapsack, rucksack or similar bag packed with provisions or personal items, especially as carried by a traveller or a hiker, and often slung over the shoulder.

    The boy has a little packsack, in which he can carry twenty-five pounds for a short portage.

    1899 November 19, “Deer Hunting in Minnesota”, in New York Times, page 12

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

Similar
backpackback packknapsackrucksackhaversack
Broader
bag
Also see
backpackhaversackknapsackrucksack

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pack + sack.

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Cite this entry
APA

packsack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packsack

MLA

“packsack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packsack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “packsack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packsack.

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