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pack⋅thread

[pak-thred]
–noun
a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.

Origin:
1300–50; ME pakthrede. See pack 1 , thread


packthreaded, adjective
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pack·thread   (pāk'thrěd')   
n.  A strong two-ply or three-ply twine for sewing or tying packages or bundles.
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