satchel

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Etymology

First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæt͡ʃəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ætʃəl

Noun

satchel (plural satchels)

1. A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters” (chapter XV), in Uncle Tom's cabin‎, volume 1, Boston: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, page 239:

     "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.

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 239:

     A young culprit has been caught in the fact of robbing an orchard, and brought back to his master, who stands over him with an iron face of angry authority;—the very apples, as if anxious to bear witness against him, are tumbling from his satchel.

Derived terms

• besatcheled (rare)
• satchel bomb
• satchel charge

Related terms

• saccular
• saccule
• sachet
• sack

Translations

bag or case with one or two shoulder straps

Bulgarian: чанта за гръб f (čanta za grǎb) Catalan: cartera (ca) f, motxilla (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 書包 / 书包 (zh) (shūbāo), 挎包 (zh) (kuàbāo) Czech: aktovka (cs) f (for pupils), brašna f Dutch: ransel (nl) m, rugzak (nl) m, rugtas (nl) f Esperanto: paperujo Finnish: olkalaukku (fi), reppu (fi), koulureppu (fi) French: cartable (fr) (for school, with strap(s)) Galician: barxoleta f, fardel m, troxa f, motela f, bersaco m German: (any bag for school) Schultasche (de) f; (rucksack for school) Ranzen (de) m, Schulranzen (de) m, Tornister (de) m; (bag with one long strap) Umhängetasche (de) f Hebrew: תִּיק גַּב (he) (tík gáv), יַלְקוּט (he) (yalkút), תַּרְמִיל (he) (tarmíl) Hungarian: hátitáska (hu), iskolatáska (hu) Irish: mála scoile m Italian: zaino (it) m, cartella (it) f (for school, with strap(s)) Japanese: 通学鞄 (ja) (つうがくかばん, tsūgakukaban), 学生鞄 (ja) (がくせいかばん, gakuseikaban) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: çanteyê milî m, çanteyê piştê m Latin: pēra f Middle English: sachel Norwegian: skulderveske, ransel Polish: tornister (pl) m Portuguese: bolsa (pt) f Romanian: ghiozdan (ro) n,(for school), raniță (ro) f (in army) Russian: (шко́льный) ра́нец m ((škólʹnyj) ránec) (with shoulder straps), (шко́льная) су́мка f ((škólʹnaja) súmka), (шко́льный) портфе́ль m ((škólʹnyj) portfélʹ) Scottish Gaelic: màileid f, poca m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: toboła f Spanish: mochila (es) f, morral (es) m, chuspa (es) f Turkish: omuz çantası, sırt çantası (tr)

Anagrams

• latches, chalets, chestal, schalet, Slechta, châlets, achtels, Aletsch, scaleth

Middle English

Noun

satchel

1. alternative form of sachel