noun
- strong threads or twines used for tying up packages or bundles
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The merchant used packthreads to secure the heavy bundles of cloth.
- Old packthreads were found in the attic alongside vintage shipping materials.
- The package was bound with sturdy packthreads that had held for decades.
- She collected the loose packthreads to reuse for smaller parcels.
- The shop keeper cut lengths of packthread for wrapping customers’ purchases.