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sabretache definition

sabre·tache (sā′bər tas̸h′, sab′ər-)

noun

a square leather case hung from the saber belt of cavalrymen

Etymology: Fr < Ger säbeltasche < säbel, saber + tasche, pocket < ML tasca: see task

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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