knapsack

«knapsack» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: backpack — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

backpack

part of speech

noun (knapsacks)

meaning for a pupil

A bag carried on the back for food and things on a journey. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we usually say "backpack" or "rucksack", and "knapsack" is old-fashioned. The sentences use the same sense as today.

examples

• I will fill your knapsack—I will fill your pouch.’ (The Crimson Fairy Book) tree →
• “He had a little knapsack at his back,” said the Raven. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
• The student took his knapsack and betook himself to the ferry-house. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →

primary record

knapsack

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 47 (Torah 0, tales 47, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 5.3 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «knapsack» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.