ˈsnapsack Now dial.
Also snap-sack.
[ad. LG. snappsack (hence G. schnappsack), f. snappen snap v.]
A knapsack.
Common from c 1650 to 1700.
| 1633 Shirley Contention D j b, She cannot eate a Snapsacke, Nor carry baggage. a 1656 Ussher Ann. (1658) 515 Mithridates sent all the prisoners..home, with provision in their snapsacks. 1670 Phil. Trans. V. 2097 A very large Heart,..the figure of which was not Conical, but like a Souldiers pera or Snapsack. 1716 Church Philip's War (1867) II. 22 He finding..three Snapsacks of Powder, went immediately to the Army. 1725 Bailey Erasm. Colloq. 7 If you put nothing into my Snapsack but Healths, I shall carry them with ease. 1881 Isle Wight Gloss. 33 Snapzack, a knapsack. |
| fig. 1643 J. P. (title), A Spirituall Snapsacke for the Parliament Souldiers, containing cordiall encouragements. |