chaffbag

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chaff +‎ bag

Noun[edit]

chaffbag (plural chaffbags)

  1. A large sack for holding chaff.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 168:
      Reluctantly Cora handed up the basket and was hauled up over the splash-board herself, and bumped down on the chaffbags as Ted Farrell clicked up the horse again.