Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sabretache

/ˈsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˌtæʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sabre-tache
IPA: /ˈsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˌtæʃ/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt.

Example Sentences

"There were five buttons blown off my dress jacket; the slings of my sabretache were cut off, but my sword belts were not touched."
"1896, Letter from Winston Churchill, on Army duty in India, to his mother Two years in Europe—with a campaign thrown in—would I think qualify me to be allowed to beat my sword into a paper cutter & my sabretache into an election address."
"A hand-stitched black sabretache rested on the chair beside her, together with a wide cartwheel hat of gold straw, its crown encircled by a thin black velvet ribbon which tied at the back in a short bow."

Etymology

From French sabretache, from German Säbeltasche, from Säbel (“sabre”) and Tasche (“pocket”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: sabretache, Säbeltasche

Inflected Forms

sabretaches (plural) sabretash (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce sabretache?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsaɪ.bə(ɹ)ˌtæʃ/.
What does sabretache mean?: A leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt.
Where does sabretache come from?: It is traced to French.

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