forepack

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ pack, modelled on backpack.

Noun

forepack (plural forepacks)

  1. (rare) A pack or container carried or located on the front or forward side.
    • 1917, Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, volume 37, page 41:
      The hulls are subdivided by five steel and one wooden watertight bulkheads. In the forepack is a storeroom for provisions, etc.; also gasoline tanks, behind which is a crew space, with ample accommodation for eight men, while aft are smaller but more comfortable quarters for two officers.
    • 1991, Alex Buchner, The German infantry handbook, 1939-1945
      A forepack carried over the saddlebags contained a gas mask, hand spade, food bag, field flask and cooking utensils.
    • 1993, Proceedings - Offshore Technology Conference:
      This could not be applied to the forepack ballast tank but this will be generally operated at a fixed level.
    • 1996, Dervla Murphy, The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe
      And now there are not only backpacks but forepacks, bulky knapsacks hanging under the chin and alleged by their manufacturers to be an essential security precaution.

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