Packthread
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Eighty Poles, each of one Foot high, were erected for this purpoſe, and very ſtrong Cords of the bigneſs of Packthread were faſtned by Hooks to many Bandages, which the Workmen had girt round my Neck, my Hands, my Body, and my Legs."
- 2 a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages wordnet
Example
More examples"Eighty Poles, each of one Foot high, were erected for this purpoſe, and very ſtrong Cords of the bigneſs of Packthread were faſtned by Hooks to many Bandages, which the Workmen had girt round my Neck, my Hands, my Body, and my Legs."
Etymology
From pack + thread.
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