kyack

¹ American  

[kahy-ak] / ˈkaɪ æk /

noun

1. kayak.

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kyack ² American  

[kahy-ak] / ˈkaɪ æk /

noun

1. a type of packsack that consists of two connected sacks and is hung on either side of a packsaddle.

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Etymology

Origin of kyack

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

In the meantime Toolooah crossed the strait in a kyack and found the natives.

From Schwatka's Search by Gilder, William H. (William Henry)

We also bought three dogs for about a pound of powder, and a kyack for Joe, for which the captain gave an old broken double-barrelled gun and a handful of powder and shot.

From Schwatka's Search by Gilder, William H. (William Henry)

Then they slipped the thong of the sled across his shoulders and under his arms like loops of a kyack.

From The Snowshoe Trail by Marshall, Edison

Why, a dog biscuit would have been mince pie to the soldiers in comparison to the stuff the rich beef packers furnished to those young noblemen with the kyack uniforms on.

From Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

Then place the loop bed around the kyack.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward