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Definition of Knapsack
1. Noun. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
Generic synonyms: Bag
Specialized synonyms: Kit Bag, Kitbag
Derivative terms: Backpack, Backpacker
Definition of Knapsack
1. n. A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.
Definition of Knapsack
1. Noun. (American English) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back. ¹
2. Verb. To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight (or longer.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knapsack
1. a bag carried on the back [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knapsack
Literary usage of Knapsack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"The "knapsack puzzle" or "knapsack problem" is well-known in mathematics and can
be summarized briefly as the following problem: Suppose you are given a set ..."
2. History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from Its First Settlement to by Samuel Thomas Worcester (1879)
"4'l., , jacket 8s, " ,3 William Nevins, , knapsack ,s. ... 4d., , tamp'e ,s,
ad., hat y.., jacket 8s., bayonet 6* " ,9 6 Thomas Pratt, , knapsack ,s. ..."
3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"ing. allowing ‘-ire ulation of air Rush's knapsack. against the back of the person.
The arrangement also permits it to be raised - At the thick end of one ..."
4. The Royal Engineer by Francis Bond Head (1869)
"A SOLDIER'S knapsack. 207 A SOLDIER'S knapsack. During my short day at Brompton
I not only had opportunities of seeing almost all the sappers quartered ..."
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