mail bags
Letter carrier's burden
Mail bags are large, durable sacks used to transport letters and packages through postal systems.
Historically made of heavy canvas or leather, they were carried by postal workers, loaded onto trains, and famously tossed from moving vehicles.
The term appears in contexts ranging from robbery—They held up the train and grabbed the mail bags—to the metaphorical overflowing mail bag of reader correspondence.
Rough fabric bag
- pouchSmall flexible bag
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- sortingArranging into sequence
- mailroomDelivery processing area
letter carrier · postmaster · postal worker · postmark · zip code · postal code · registered · certified
Delivery person or service
- shipmentGoods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- haulageCommercial goods transport
transit · carrier · van · lorry · packhorse · dray · conveyor · loading
Alphabetic characters or mail
- parcelsWrapped items for delivery
- packagesWrapped items for shipping
- envelopesPaper containers for letters
- postcardsMailable souvenir notes
correspondence · documents · circulars · newsletters · flyers · catalogs · magazines · periodicals
sack
Rough fabric bag
mailroom · letter carrier · postmaster · postal worker · postmark · zip code · postal code · registered · certified · parcel post
courier
Delivery person or service
haulage · transit · carrier · van · lorry · packhorse · dray · conveyor · loading · unloading
letters
Alphabetic characters or mail
- parcelsWrapped items for delivery
- packagesWrapped items for shipping
- envelopesPaper containers for letters
postcards · correspondence · documents · circulars · newsletters · flyers · catalogs · magazines · periodicals · bills
canvas
Heavy woven cloth
- leatherTanned animal skin
- burlapCoarse woven fiber
- drawstringCord that tightens openings
buckle · strap · reinforced · durable · sturdy · worn · weathered · bulging · stuffed · overflowing
- sorting officesletter trays, sorting machines, pigeonholes, conveyor belts, barcode scanners
- postalstamp, stamps, postal service, letter, letters
- postal servicepost office, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, letter carriers
- postal servicespost office, stamps, delivery, packages, envelopes
- mail processingsorting machines, stamping, sorting, mailbags, sorters
- postal historystamps, postmarks, postmaster, postage, postmark