A bag used by hunters to carry the game (animals) they have shot or caught during a hunting expedition.
Compound word: 'game' (wild animals hunted for food) + 'bag' (a container). Emerged in English hunting vocabulary around the 18th-19th centuries as sporting culture developed.
Gamebags were essential equipment for Victorian hunters, and their specific design—with waterproof lining and ventilation holes—shows how 19th-century hunters thought deeply about preserving their catch in the field.
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