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Randoseru at a school A premium 84,000 yen (about $938 or €530) randoseru made of cordovan on sale at Mitsukoshi department store in January 2008. A randoseru (ランドセル) is a firm-sided backpack made of stitched firm leather or leather-like synthetic material, most commonly used in Japan by elementary schoolchildren.
In modern German the word "der Rucksack" is commonly used. [1] The name rucksack is cognate with the Danish rygsæk, Norwegian ryggsekk, Dutch rugzak, Afrikaans rugsak, Swedish ryggsäck, and Russian рюкзак (rjukzak). The word knapsack was the usual name for a rucksack or backpack up until the middle of the 20th century. This is commonly ...
English and German both are West Germanic languages, though their relationship has been obscured by the lexical influence of Old Norse and Norman French (as a consequence of the Norman conquest of England in 1066) on English as well as the High German consonant shift. In recent years, however, many English words have been borrowed directly from ...
Historically a duffel bag had a top closure using a drawstring. [3] Later bags had a webbing hand grip, along with a shoulder strap with clip that closed the bag by nesting grommets from around the rim of bag, over padlockable eye loop, later an independent pair of ruck sack straps were used.
Yoriko Tsutsui's and Akiko Hayashi's picture book of the same name (published in English as Miki's First Errand) was the inspiration for the program's launch. [ 1 ] Most of the children who try to perform errands are between 3 and 6 years old (nursery school children and kindergarteners), but in rare cases, children as young as 1 or 2 years old ...
The "S-L" or "strapless" machine took a special Y-shaped wire and cut scoops from it, then punched the scoop dimple and nib, and clamped each scoop on a cloth tape to produce a continuous zipper chain. Within the first year of operation, Sundbäck's machinery was producing a few hundred feet (around 100 meters) of fastener per day.
The term was adopted by both the English and French (as havresac) cavalry in the 17th century. [3] The word haver likewise means "oats" in Northern English and Scottish dialects. [4] The haversack, especially when used in the military, was generally square and about 12 inches (30 cm) per side with a button-down flap to close it.
GORUCK is an American sporting equipment company founded in 2008 and based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, that specializes in making rucksacks (i.e., backpacks). [1] The company also organizes events with public participation or organized as private team-building events, known as "GORUCK challenges", that are similar to obstacle racing and military exercises.