havresack

* Thus placed, he takes out the little well baked loaves, uncovers the cold chicken some kind hand has placed in his havresack, and finds the piece of gruyere or roquefort, which is to represent a dessert.

The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson. 2004

He was his own commissary, for he carried his "rations" on his back, and replenished his havresack with his rifle.

Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel

A greasy havresack, especially on the line of march, is the soldier's first desideratum; and it was rare that

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various

The belly first must fill, -- never mounted guard without a havresack well stuffed with eatables.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810

Of this havresack there have been some smart carriers --

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891 Various

After a while he was sufficiently restored to be enabled to get from his havresack some bread and meat which he had placed there after finishing his breakfast on the previous morning.

The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus 1867

Thus placed, he takes out the little well baked loaves, uncovers the cold chicken some kind hand has placed in his havresack, and finds the piece of gruyere or roquefort, which is to represent a dessert.

The Physiology of Taste 1755-1826 Brillat-Savarin 1790

a meal, each man having brought two days 'rations in his havresack.

The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus 1867

I see your fellows are hard at work already on the viands which my orderly brought for them in his havresack; but first let us move away to the tree over yonder, for verily the scent of blood and of roasted flesh is enough to take away one's appetite, little squeamish as these wars have taught us to be. "

The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus 1867