Hāv'er-säck, n.

n. [Fr. havresac, from Ger. habersack, sack for oats. See supra.]

1. A bag for oats or oat-meal. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; — distinguished from knapsack.
3. A gunner's case for ordnance, being a leather bag used to carry cartridges from the ammunition-chest to the piece in loading.