Definition of Rucksack

1. Noun. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.

Exact synonyms: Back Pack, Backpack, Haversack, Knapsack, Packsack
Generic synonyms: Bag
Specialized synonyms: Kit Bag, Kitbag
Derivative terms: Backpack, Backpacker

Definition of Rucksack

1. Noun. a bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rucksack

1. a knapsack [n -S] - See also: knapsack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rucksack

ruck rover
ruck rovers
ruck up
rucked
rucked up
rucking
ruckle
ruckled
ruckles
rucklidgeite
ruckling
ruckman
ruckmen
rucks
rucksac
rucksack (current term)
rucksacks
rucksacs
ruckseat
ruckseats
ruckus
ruckuses
rucola
rucolas
rucs
ructation
ruction
ructions
ructious
ructus

Literary usage of Rucksack

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slipstream Stories, Return to the Source by Sonny Spots (2007)
"We unloaded our bags out onto the street, six of them in all, a black leather rucksack ... rucksack ..."

2. Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal by Scottish Mountaineering Club (1903)
"An aperture, just large enough to put a rucksack through, enabled us to see Raeburn, and to take charge of his coat, which he took off to give himself as ..."

3. Mountaineering by Clinton Thomas Dent (1892)
"The rucksack is a form of pack that has for a long time been generally ... Moreover, as the weight of a rucksack falls chiefly at the lower part of the back ..."

4. Slipstream Stories, Return to the Source by Sonny Spots (2007)
"We unloaded our bags out onto the street, six of them in all, a black leather rucksack ... rucksack ..."

5. Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal by Scottish Mountaineering Club (1903)
"An aperture, just large enough to put a rucksack through, enabled us to see Raeburn, and to take charge of his coat, which he took off to give himself as ..."

6. Mountaineering by Clinton Thomas Dent (1892)
"The rucksack is a form of pack that has for a long time been generally ... Moreover, as the weight of a rucksack falls chiefly at the lower part of the back ..."

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