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packstaves

packstaves is the plural of packstaff.

Meaning of packstaff

Noun

packstaff (plural packstaffs or packstaves)

  1. A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.

Questions about packstaves

What is packstaves the plural of?
Packstaves is the plural of packstaff.

Words near packstaves in the dictionary

  1. packsheets
  2. packshot
  3. packshots
  4. packstaff
  5. packstaffs
  6. packstaves
  7. packstone
  8. packstones
  9. packthread
  10. packthreads
  11. packtong

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Adapted from Wiktionary: packstaves (page history and authors); packstaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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