packthread
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of packthread
First recorded in 1300–50, packthread is from the Middle English word pakthrede. See pack 1, thread
Example Sentences
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One stiffened coat of fashionable silk, made to packthread stays.
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)
Put in a glass of red wine, give it a boil, and take it up; lay it in a dish, and strain the gravy over it, untying the packthread first.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady
It was a dirty ball, wrapped round with several rags, and bound with packthread.
From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton
It was not wrapped in paper; it was packed close and very skillfully bound together with cords, lengthwise and crosswise, making a network of packthread all over it.
From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise
He got a needle and some packthread and sat down on the afterhatch and suddenly made up his mind to do his best.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
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