sabretache

English

Alternative forms

• sabretash

Etymology

From French sabretache, from German Säbeltasche, from Säbel (“sabre”) and Tasche (“pocket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˌtæʃ/, /ˈsæ-/, /-b(ɹ)ə-/

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Noun

sabretache (plural sabretaches)

1. (historical) A leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt.
   • 1877, John Doyle, A Descriptive Account of the Famous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava:

     There were five buttons blown off my dress jacket; the slings of my sabretache were cut off, but my sword belts were not touched.

   • 1896, Letter from Winston Churchill, on Army duty in India, to his mother

     Two years in Europe—with a campaign thrown in—would I think qualify me to be allowed to beat my sword into a paper cutter & my sabretache into an election address.

   • 1953, Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, page 32:

     A hand-stitched black sabretache rested on the chair beside her, together with a wide cartwheel hat of gold straw, its crown encircled by a thin black velvet ribbon which tied at the back in a short bow.

Translations

hanging cavalry pouch

• French: sabretache (fr) f
• German: Säbeltasche (de) f
• Hungarian: tarsoly (hu)
• Polish: szabeltas (pl) m
• Russian: ташка (ru) f (taška)
• Spanish: portapliegos m

Anagrams

• tabascheer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Säbeltasche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.bʁə.taʃ/

Noun

sabretache f (plural sabretaches)

1. sabretache

Further reading

• “sabretache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.