SATCHEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satchel mean? 

• SATCHEL (noun)
  The noun SATCHEL has 1 sense:

1. luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap

  Familiarity information: SATCHEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATCHEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("satchel" is a kind of...):

baggage; luggage (cases used to carry belongings when traveling)

 Context examples 

A broad leather strap hanging from his shoulder supported a scrip or satchel such as travellers were wont to carry.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And, fumbling in her satchel, she pressed a five-dollar piece into his hand.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Apprehensive of trouble, she had stuffed the few dollars she possessed into her hand-satchel; and so sure was she that disaster had overtaken her brother, that she stumbled forward, sobbing, into his arms, at the same time thrusting the satchel mutely at him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)