sabretache

/ (ˈsæbəˌtæʃ) /

a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle

Word Origin for sabretache

C19: via French from German Säbeltasche sabre pocket

The yellow stripes down his legs and the sabre and sabretache were dazzling to Kettle, But an objection rose on the horizon.

Betty at Fort Blizzard |Molly Elliot Seawell
Joseph, his valet, handed him his sabretache and saber, and they all went out into the vestibule.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy
Denisov smiled, took out of his sabretache a handkerchief that diffused a smell of perfume, and put it to Nesvitski's nose.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy
Rostov also tried to rise but fell back, his sabretache having become entangled in the saddle.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy

Now, look here'—as he spoke he drew from his sabretache five bills for one hundred pounds each; 'you see I am similarly prepared.

Jack Hinton |Charles James Lever