packthread
a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
Origin of packthread
1Other words from packthread
- packthreaded, adjective
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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 KingstonThe patron saint, thought I to myself, can make gold lace out of packthread.
The Robbers | Friedrich SchillerPeggy and Anne platted the packthread, and basted the vamps and linings together ready for her.
The Parent's Assistant | Maria EdgeworthI 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 LandorIn 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
/ (ˈpækˌθrɛd) /
a strong twine for sewing or tying up packages
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