2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries
his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.
3. A gunner's case or bag used to carry cartridges from the ammunition
chest to the piece in loading.
Ha*ver"sian (h*vr"shan), a. Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton
Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
Haversian canals (Anat.), the small canals through which the blood
vessels ramify in bone.
||Hav`il*dar" (hv`l*d‰r"), n. In the British Indian armies, a
||noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a
||sergeant.
Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army.
Hav"ing (hv"ng), n. Possession; goods; estate.