Bag

A bag is a flexible container made of fabric, plastic film or paper for the storage and transportation of things, often of bulk.

Size

The size of bags falling out differently. A garbage bag has a volume of up to 200 liters. In the industry still far larger bags are used, but these are technically known as bulk bags or big bags and have standard volumes such as 1000 liters. Bags with lid ( lid bag) should have the advantage of hygienic materials and waterproof to pack and protect.

Smaller packaging material, paper or plastic for loose goods is called in Germany rather than VCI bags and in Austria and parts of Bavaria as " Sackerl ". In parts of Baden- Württemberg for this purpose the word "Look " is in use.

For transporting sacks sack truck may be used. Large bags like big bags can be filled only by machine, such as a forklift, hand usually have.

Applications

• The postal administrations around the world are using postal bags for packing of letters and small packages.
• For the collection and disposal of waste, recyclable materials ( yellow bag ) or compostable materials are often used garbage bags.
• Sand bags are mainly used for flood protection.
• Food raw materials are, for example, transported in coffee sacks, flour sacks, rice sacks.
• Body bag for the disposal of corpses
• Raft bag

Other, smaller carrying case are referred to as " blind ," that is, the pockets

• The so-called portmanteau, a kind of round or square saddle bag was strapped of riders, especially in the military, and used behind the saddle. The name derives from the fact that, inter alia, Clothing was stored in it and fabric and color of the jacket bag were often aligned with the saddle blanket or jacket itself, eg at the cuirassiers of the Grande Armée or the Prussian gendarmes
• Cross bag
• Backpack
• Knapsack
• Waidsack.

From baggy shape is also named after the sleeping bag.

Materials

A bag is traditionally made ​​of jute, but is now made ​​from various materials such as paper or plastic. This step also combinations of the different substances, such as a paper bag with an internal plastic layer as a moisture barrier for example for cement bags.

Word origin

The word blind is of Semitic origin (Hebrew saq, " fabric hair ", " bag " ) and came over Greek jackets for " coarse fabric made ​​of goat hair " and Latin saccus to Europe. The Gothic and Old High German sac sakkus meant " sackcloth of coarse material ." Similar forms are also known in English, Dutch and French.

Was derived in the 19th century, the word jacket for a non -fitted jacket.

Sayings

The word comes colloquially often and usually pejorative in a figurative sense, and in phrases before, such as pepper sack, sack of money, " old bag ", " bag " ( for scrotum ), "That's me on the bag ", " bags before the doors "," In sackcloth and ashes, " etc. See also deadlock.