satchel
/ˈsæt͡ʃəl/
satchel noun: a bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
Noun
satchel (plural satchels)
- A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
- "Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel, which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every...1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters” (chapter XV), in Uncle Tom's cabin^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin_(1852)), volume 1, Boston: John...
- A young culprit has been caught in the fact of robbing an orchard, and brought back to his master, who stands over him with an iron face of angry authority;—the very apples, as if anxious to bear witness against him, are tumbling from his satchel.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 239
Proper noun capitalized: Satchel
Satchel
- A surname.
satchel meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi
satchel in Tamil
- புத்தகப் பை, பள்ளிக்கூடப் பை, பள்ளிப்பை, சிறு பை, கைப்பை
satchel in Malayalam
- പുസ്തകസഞ്ചി, തൂക്കുസഞ്ചി
satchel in Kannada
- ಹೆಗಲ ಚೀಲ, ಸಣ್ಣಚೀಲ, ಕೈಚೀಲ
satchel in Punjabi
- satchel
- ਥੈਲਾ thailā
More languagesFewer languages
- satchel in Indonesian
- tas buku
Examples of satchel in a sentence
- The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
- The satchel had belonged to his grandfather and the blanketlined duckingcoat he wore had been his father's.
- The man nodded at the satchel with its straps and brass catches.
Forms of satchel
| plural | satchels |
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Origin of satchel
First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.
Words formed from satchel
Phrases with satchel
Words that rhyme with satchel
Questions about satchel
- What does satchel mean?
- Satchel means a bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
- What is satchel in Tamil?
- Satchel in Tamil is புத்தகப் பை, பள்ளிக்கூடப் பை, பள்ளிப்பை. See Satchel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is satchel?
- Satchel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce satchel?
- Satchel is pronounced /ˈsæt͡ʃəl/.
- What is the plural of satchel?
- The plural of satchel is satchels.
Words near satchel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: satchel (page history and authors); Satchel (page history and authors); satchel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); satchel (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); satchel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਥੈਲਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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