packthread

[ pak-thred ]

/ ˈpækˌθrɛd /

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noun

a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.

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Origin of packthread

First recorded in 1300–50, packthread is from the Middle English word pakthrede.See pack¹, thread

OTHER WORDS FROM packthread

packthreaded, adjective

Words nearby packthread

pack rolling, packsack, packsaddle, pack shot, pack them in, packthread, packtrain, pack up, pack wall, Packwood, pack-year

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How to use packthread in a sentence

In falling, Bill had struck the chain-span of the weather-quarter davits, breaking it as if it had been packthread.
Sunshine Bill|W H G Kingston
The patron saint, thought I to myself, can make gold lace out of packthread.
The Robbers|Friedrich Schiller
Peggy and Anne platted the packthread, and basted the vamps and linings together ready for her.
The Parent's Assistant|Maria Edgeworth
I thought so too, and grew the warmer at being unable to find a wisp of osier or a roll of packthread in the house.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor

In building the nest, a long piece of packthread had been somewhat loosely woven in.
My Garden Acquaintance|James Russell Lowell

British Dictionary definitions for packthread

packthread

/ (ˈpækˌθrɛd) /

noun

a strong twine for sewing or tying up packages

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