Definition

Noun: A cylindrical bag, typically made of canvas or similar durable material, closed with a drawstring, used by sailors to store and carry their personal clothing and other essential gear.

Usage

The word "seabag" is used to refer specifically to the standard-issue or traditional duffel-style bag associated with naval personnel. It describes the container itself. * Every sailor was issued a seabag upon enlistment. * He packed all his uniforms neatly into his seabag. * The old sailor's seabag was worn and faded from years of travel.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metonymically to represent a sailor's personal possessions or career.
  • After twenty years, he finally slung his seabag over his shoulder for the last time and retired.

Variants and Related Words

• Duffel bag: A more general term for a similar cylindrical cloth bag closed by a drawstring, not exclusive to naval use.
• Kit bag: A term used in some other military branches, especially the British armed forces, for a similar purpose.

Synonyms

Duffel bag, duffle bag, sailor's bag, kit bag (context-dependent).

Related Phrases

• To live out of a seabag: To have no permanent home, living transiently with one's possessions always packed.
  • As a merchant marine, he spent months at a time living out of a seabag.

Noun

1. a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear