packthread
/pak-thred/US // ˈpækˌθrɛd //UK // (ˈpækˌθrɛd) //
驮运线,驮着的东西
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
Examples
In falling, Bill had struck the chain-span of the weather-quarter davits, breaking it as if it had been packthread.
The patron saint, thought I to myself, can make gold lace out of packthread.
Peggy and Anne platted the packthread, and basted the vamps and linings together ready for her.
I thought so too, and grew the warmer at being unable to find a wisp of osier or a roll of packthread in the house.
In building the nest, a long piece of packthread had been somewhat loosely woven in.
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