sac

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an enclosed space
noun a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
noun a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay

Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of saccus, sack, saco, and sakkos.

THE GREAT “FLOUR SACS” PROCESSION 167. — Roughing It, Mark Twain
“It’s a cul de sac,” he said. — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
The valley where we now were was a complete cul de sac. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie

pouch, sack, pocket

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