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packthread

/pak-thred/US // ˈpækˌθrɛd //UK // (ˈpækˌθrɛd) //

驮运线,驮着的东西

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.