satchel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Recorded since c.1340, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum "money bag, purse", a diminutive of sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus "bag"

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætʃəl

[edit] Noun

satchel (plural satchels)

1. A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

[edit] Quotations

• Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin:

  "Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel, which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every description, during her whole homeward journey.

[edit] Derived terms

• besatcheled (rare)

[edit] Related terms

• saccular
• saccule
• sachet
• sack

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acehlst
• chalets
• latches