packtrain

[ pak-treyn ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of packtrain¹

First recorded in 1840–50; pack ¹ + train

Example Sentences

Of course, well have to have the guide Mr. Hammond spoke about, and a packtrain anyway.

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His schedule was temporarily upset by the fact that we had already engaged the best packtrain and guides available.

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At one place we were obliged to take the whole packtrain up a cliff fifteen hundred feet high, making a trail as we went.

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A packtrain goes two and a half miles an hour, or perhaps one and a half on the mountain trails.

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We can get a man or a boy to look after the ponies and the packtrain.

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