rucksack

UK/ˈɹʌkˌsæk/US/ˈɹʌkˌsæk/

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,334 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: rucksacks

A rucksack is a large bag carried on the back. Shoulder the rucksack, pack the rucksack, a heavy rucksack.

It is the British walking word; backpack is commoner generally and the Americans use it for everything. The word is German and means back sack, and the weight should sit on the hips rather than the shoulders.

Definitions of rucksack

1nounrucksackA large bag carried on the back.B1+
“She packed a sandwich and a raincoat into her rucksack and set off up the hill.”

rucksack is a bag.

Also accepted in games: backpack

Where it comes from

German
Rucksack
English, today
rucksack

Borrowed from German Rucksack.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Camping & Outdoors

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rucksack in the wild

Since the rucksack was the first component of the program to be issued to Marines, the rucksack is commonly referred to as simply the ILBE.
Improved load-bearing equipment
The ILBE rucksack was designed to replace the long existing all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment (ALICE) packs and newer modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE) packs.
Improved load-bearing equipment
The Lightweight Rucksack was the primary rucksack utilized by United States troops during the Vietnam War, though additionally used in arctic and alpine areas.
Lightweight Rucksack
When hiking and you arrive at a lake, you change into a swimming costume and put your clothes in a waterproof rucksack and swim across the lake.
Swimhiking

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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