knapsack• He had a knapsack over his shoulder.• She put on her coat and hauled the new bag up on to her back like a knapsack.• In the airport she practiced with her knapsack, trying to slide it on and off.• He finished, washed the bowl, put his books in his knapsack and went outside to unlock his bike.• After a while, to Robbie's relief, Fen threw off his knapsack, suggesting they stop and eat their sandwiches.• We moved in with what we carried in our knapsacks.• He enclosed a stamped addressedenvelope the size of a small knapsack.• He arrives for class with a tinyknapsackpacked with his crayons, lunchbox and a diaper.
Originknapsack
(1600-1700)Low Germanknappsack or Dutchknapzak“food bag”