forepack

From fore- +‎ pack, modelled on backpack.

forepack (plural forepacks)

1. (rare) A pack or container carried or located on the front or forward side.
   • 1917, Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, volume 37, page 41:

     The hulls are subdivided by five steel and one wooden watertight bulkheads. In the forepack is a storeroom for provisions, etc.; also gasoline tanks, behind which is a crew space, with ample accommodation for eight men, while aft are smaller but more comfortable quarters for two officers.

   • 1991, Alex Buchner, The German infantry handbook, 1939-1945:

     A forepack carried over the saddlebags contained a gas mask, hand spade, food bag, field flask and cooking utensils.

   • 1993, Proceedings - Offshore Technology Conference:

     This could not be applied to the forepack ballast tank but this will be generally operated at a fixed level.

   • 1996, Dervla Murphy, The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe:

     And now there are not only backpacks but forepacks, bulky knapsacks hanging under the chin and alleged by their manufacturers to be an essential security precaution.

• backpack