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packthread|ˈpækθrɛd|
Forms: see pack and thread.
[f. as prec. + thread n.]
Stout thread or twine such as is used for sewing or tying up packs or bundles.
1341Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 542 In Paknedel et Paktrede emp. pro lana pakkanda, viijd. 1392–3Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 158 Pro pacthred pro dictis ligandis. 1442in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 387, xvj Skaynys of grete packethrede for the masons for mesours. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. v. i. 47 A beggerly account of emptie boxes,..Remnants of packthred. 1604T. M. Black Bk. in Middleton's Wks. (Bullen) VIII. 22 Apparelled in villanous packthread. 1712Addison Spect. No. 407 ⁋5 There was a Counsellor who never pleaded without a Piece of Packthread in his Hand. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xii. xi. (1872) IV. 239 His big Austrian Heritages..elaborately tied by diplomatic packthread and Pragmatic Sanction.
attrib. and Comb.1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5868/9 Shift..ruffled with a Packthread striped Muslin with looped Mechlin Edging. 1723Ibid. No. 6175/6 William Burdock.., Packthread-Spinner. 1863F. A. Kemble Resid. in Georgia 27 A pack-thread bell-rope. |