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packthreads

packthreads is the plural of packthread.

Meaning of packthread

Noun

packthread (countable and uncountable, plural packthreads)

  1. (archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
    • 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.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s...

Questions about packthreads

What is packthreads the plural of?
Packthreads is the plural of packthread.

Words near packthreads in the dictionary

  1. packstaffs
  2. packstaves
  3. packstone
  4. packstones
  5. packthread
  6. packthreads
  7. packtong
  8. packtrain
  9. packtrains
  10. packware
  11. packwax

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