bouget
Meanings
noun
- Obsolete form of budget (“purse, bag; etc”).
- A charge resembling a yoke and a pair of the water bags that were formerly used to supply an army in battle.
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Etymology
The heraldic sense derives from an older spelling and meaning of budget, "small bag" (compare Middle English bouget, bowgett (“a leather bag or wallet”)), from Middle French bougette (“little pouch”).
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