packthread

[ pak-thred ]

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

Origin of packthread

1
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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

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
  1. a strong twine for sewing or tying up packages

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012