butt bag

English

Noun

butt bag (plural butt bags)

1. (Canada, US, informal) A fanny pack.
   • 1990, Charles Ryan, The capricorn quadrant, →ISBN, page 15:

     Each carried a shielded crimson dive light, invisible from the surface, which gave objects a gray, pallid distortion. They were also equipped with a knife strapped to one calf, a small P-6 pistol holstered on the other, a compact butt bag of tools, and a short bang stick armed with a twelve-gauge shotgun shell to ward off sharks.

   • 1994, Thomas L. Kuhlman, Psychology on the Streets: Mental Health Practice with Homeless Persons, →ISBN:

     The social worker obliged him this, after which Phael abruptly asked for the return of his butt bag and left the room.

   • 2010, Ann Wade, Seeing in Darkness: A True Story of Friendship and Courage, →ISBN:

     "I got everything in my butt bag. No, I won't take it off during flight . . . I'll just move it around to the front.”

   • 2014, Todd Clark, The Ice Cream Kid: Brain Freeze!, →ISBN:

     “Oh, and nice butt bag, loser,” she added. “Goes great with your yoga outfit.”

2. (mountaineering) A seat attached to ropes on which a climber can sit while belaying.
   • 1986, New Zealand Alpine Journal - Volume 39, page 113:

     An alpine hammer, which has seen better days but never ice, slots into his holster. A wire brush, a nut pick, jumars and etriers all clip onto his harness and his butt bag (belay seat) goes into his pocket.

   • 1999, Mark Twight, James Martin, Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, High, and Fast, →ISBN:

     Some continuously steep routes with numerous hanging belays necessitate a belay seat or butt bag. A butt bag with three points of suspension is more comfortable than a two-point bag.

   • 2016, Andy Kirkpatrick, 1001 Climbing Tips, →ISBN:

     If you're tackling a super-steep rock route, then consider taking along, or making, a nylon 'butt bag' – a fabric seat that will take some of the weight off of your harness.

   • 2004, Greg Barnes, Larry DeAngelo, Red Rocks Climbing: SuperTopos:

     With nearly no moves easier than 5.8 or harder than 5.10a, and with no rest ledges, it is heaven for 5.10 climbers, as long as you bring a butt bag or a comfortable harness for the hanging belays.