packthread

American  

[pak-thred] / ˈpækˌθrɛd /

noun

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

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packthread British  

/ ˈpækˌθrɛd /

noun

1. a strong twine for sewing or tying up packages

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Other Word Forms

• packthreaded adjective

Etymology

Origin of packthread

First recorded in 1300–50, packthread is from the Middle English word pakthrede. See pack ¹, thread

Example Sentences

Remnants of packthread and old cakes of Roses Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

It was tied with pink packthread instead of ribbon.

From A Little Country Girl by Coolidge, Susan

A rowel is to be made in the dewlap by taking a skein of hemp, tow, or twisted packthread, a foot long, and as thick as a man's thumb.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

A dirty squinting musician followed the train, grinning and screaming and scratching his fiddle, which was patcht up of wood and pasteboard, and instead of strings had three bits of packthread.

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

Tie it neatly up with packthread across and across, put the top undermost, and place it in an earthen pan.

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