packtrain

American  

[pak-treyn] / ˈpækˌtreɪn /

noun

1. a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.

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Etymology

Origin of packtrain

First recorded in 1840–50; pack ¹ + train

Example Sentences

From Kentucky and the Cumberland country the peltries were sometimes sent east by packtrain, and sometimes up the Ohio in bateaus or canoes.

From The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 by Roosevelt, Theodore

After I had located my family I fired off my shells and got a new supply of ammunition and went toward the packtrain.

From The Vanishing Race by Dixon, Joseph Kossuth

He followed the trail of the packtrain, wholly absorbed in thought.

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

The packtrain had already fortified itself by making entrenchments.

From The Vanishing Race by Dixon, Joseph Kossuth

When I got back to the packtrain, I directed them back to where the old trenches are to-day, and where you may still see a pile of bones.

From The Vanishing Race by Dixon, Joseph Kossuth