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Definition of Kitbag
1. Noun. A knapsack (usually for a soldier).
Generic synonyms: Back Pack, Backpack, Haversack, Knapsack, Packsack, Rucksack
Definition of Kitbag
1. Noun. a duffel bag, especially a military one ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kitbag
1. a knapsack [n -S] - See also: knapsack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitbag
Literary usage of Kitbag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Russo- Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the by Great Britain War Office (1908)
"Except on some rare occasions during the summer, when his great-coat or kitbag
was carried in a cart, he marched during all four seasons of the year ..."
2. The Glamour of Prospecting: Wanderings of a South African Prospector in by Frederick Carruthers Cornell (1920)
"... a kitbag came lengthwise over my anatomy and pinned my legs down, and before
I could struggle free a perfect avalanche of various other belongings ..."
3. A Physician in France by Wilmot Parker Herringham (1919)
"An officer who had just been admitted was watching the checking of his kit, and
when it came to the glasses, said, " There is another pair in my kitbag. ..."
4. The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight Through Montenegro and Serbia by Jan Gordon, Cora Gordon (1916)
"We emptied a kitbag and filled it with rice. The hospital was fuller than ever.
The Scottish nurses were toiling as quickly ..."
5. The Fighting Yankees Overseas by Bert Ford (1919)
"And whenever your sympathies stray, Keep your heart tied up in your kitbag For
the girls of the USA" ..."
6. Time and Fateby Lance Price by Lance Price (2005)
"Helmut regarded clothes as purely functional accessories and what few he had were
stuffed into a sort of kitbag at the foot of his mattress. ..."
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