waterbag

See also: water-bag and water bag

English

Etymology

water +‎ bag

Noun

waterbag (plural waterbags)

  1. A bag for carrying water.
    • 1983, Wilma Stockenström, The Expedition to the Baobab Tree, translated by J. M. Coetzee, London: Faber & Faber, p. 90,
      We had no waterbags. We lived on the veldfoods that quite by chance I had learned to pick out by keeping an eye on the bearers.
    • 2010, Jean M. Auel, The Shelters of Stone, →ISBN:
      Somewhat later, Ayla picked up her waterbag to get a drink, found it empty, then put it down and forgot about her thirst.
    • 2011, Lenore Layman & ‎Criena Fitzgerald, 110 degrees in the Waterbag, →ISBN, page 165:
      The men took their lunch, usually Romano cheese, ham or Italian sausage and bread, and a waterbag.

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