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# knapsack

«knapsack» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **backpack** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

backpack

### part of speech

noun (knapsacks)

### meaning for a pupil

A bag carried on the back for food and things on a journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knapsack/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today we usually say "backpack" or "rucksack", and "knapsack" is old-fashioned. The sentences use the same sense as today.

### examples

- I will fill your knapsack—I will fill your pouch.’ (The Crimson Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knapsack/#x1)
- “He had a little knapsack at his back,” said the Raven. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knapsack/#x2)
- The student took his knapsack and betook himself to the ferry-house. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knapsack/#x3)

### primary record

knapsack

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 47 (Torah 0, tales 47, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 5.3 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «knapsack» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knapsack/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.