‖ sachet
(saʃɛ, ˈsæʃeɪ)
[Fr. sachet (from 12th c.; in ONF. saquet: see sacket), dim. of sac:—L. saccus bag, sack n.1 Cf. It. sacchetto.]
† 1. A small bag, a wallet. Obs. rare.
| 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 224/2 He..ete..twyes a day of the same loof and alwaye on the morn he fond it hool in his sachet. 1487 ― Bk. Gd. Manners i. xvii. (W. de W. c 1515) E v b, In stede of a celyer he [sc. Diogenes] had but a lytell sachet. |
2. A small perfumed bag or satchel.
| 1838 Times 3 July 5/6 The ‘letter of felicitation’ forwarded by the Sultan to her Majesty on the occasion of her coronation..was put in an envelope..and the whole enclosed in a crimson cloth sachet or bag, somewhat resembling a lady's small reticule. 1880 Disraeli Endym. xxi, You will not perhaps be able to find your pocket-handkerchiefs at first. They are in this sachet. |
3. A dry perfume made up into a packet for placing among articles of clothing, etc. (see
quot. 1892).
| 1855 Piesse Perfumery vii. 145 Besides the sachets mentioned there are many other substances applied as dry perfumes, such as scented wadding. 1856 Athenæum 18 Oct. 1268 He is scented like a sachet. 1892 G. W. Askinson Perfumes xvi. 208 Expensive sachets are sold in silk bags... Cheap sachets are sold in envelopes or in round boxes. |
| attrib. 1855 Piesse Perfumery vii. 137 Sachet Powders. |
4. A small sealed bag-like container, now
usu. of plastic, for holding a liquid, a powder, or air.
| 1917 Harrod's Gen. Catal. 358/3 Shampoo Sachets{ddd}box 1/0. 1941 N. Marsh Death & Dancing Footman (1942) ii. 42 The sachets used in permanent waving. 1970 Which? June 169/1 Jackets using air-filled sachets should be very safe too. 1975 C. F. Ross Packaging of Pharmaceuticals I. 4 Powders..are sometimes presented in single-dose containers. These may include sachets, filled automatically on suitable strip-packaging machines using paper, aluminium foil, plastics films or laminations of these. |