gamebag

Also found in: Thesaurus.

gamebag

(ˈɡeɪmbæɡ)

(Hunting) a leather or canvas bag for carrying hunted game (esp birds)

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

gamebag - a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter

bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"

Translations

gamebag

[ˈgeɪmbæg] N → morral m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

The poor discouraged huntsman sat down on a stone that supported the signpost, relieved himself of his gun and his gamebag, and heaved a long sigh.

View in context

Suzanne hid the sack in a sort of gamebag made of osier which she had on her arm, all the while cursing du Bousquier for his stinginess; for one thousand francs was the sum she wanted.

View in context

In Britain, many shooting estates volunteer data to the National Gamebag Census (NGC) on the annual numbers of game and predator species killed, including red fox (Tapper 1992).

Quantifying the rate of replacement by immigration during restricted-area control of red fox in different landscapes

After Tom placed the first two chukars of the day into his gamebag, we continued to work up the grassy bowl toward hunting buddy Randy Schertz, who was little more than a khaki and orange blemish on the amber-colored slope above.

Wingbeats in the Owyhees: once the home of outlaws, trappers and miners, this Idaho range is now one of the nation's best-kept bird hunting secrets

On walking shoots plan your ambush route well, dispense with a gamebag and hang birds in shady places.

NOVEMBER is the month [...]

Either way, that goose ends up in the boss's gamebag.

Covered in armor: the curly-coat retriever is tough in water and on land

The Game Conservancy Trust is including boar in its National Gamebag Census, which monitors the rise and fall of game and other wildlife species through records kept by gamekeepers.

Rural Matters: Trust includes boar in new census

2011: National Gamebag Census: Mammal trends to 2009.--Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge, UK --Available at: http://www.gwct.org.uk/ngc (Last accessed on 27 August 2013).

Pine marten Martes martes and red fox Vulpes vulpes sign indices in Scottish forests: population change and reliability of field identification of scats

Stuff a retrieving dummy in your gamebag (read on for why), let M-M out of his crate, and heel him to the field's edge.